Grade Level
Middle
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The Architecture of Project Based Learning
A real twelve by sixteen foot, multi-level clubhouse built on campus! That was the end goal of the architecture unit for our fifth and sixth grade classes. To accomplish this goal required applying learning about geometry, physics, measurement, scale, decimals, teamwork, budgeting, project management, and communication. Students made presentations to the school’s students, teachers, and […]
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Outdoor Education Brings a School Community Together
This winter, kindergarten and first graders at Riverstone International School are learning to ice skate; second and third graders are trying out Nordic skiing; fifth graders are learning about ecosystems and adaptations at an outdoor science school. Older students are camping in snow caves and hiking through the Sawtooth Mountains. That’s because Riverstone’s Outdoor Education […]
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Open Window School Eighth Graders Join Google Hangout with Dr. Hugh Herr
Open Window 8th graders recently received a special invitation to join a Google Hangout with MIT’s “Bionic Man” Dr. Hugh Herr. This was one of many opportunities these students received as a result of having their mobile app named “Best in Nation” in the 2014 Verizon App Challenge. Dr. Herr was one of the country’s […]
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I am artistic collaboration
The Montessori School of Raleigh’s students worked with parent and internationally known artist James “Dalek” Marshall to create a community art installation as part of the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the school. Watch the video documentary of the process to create this artistic collaboration.
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Dynamo D-Term Students Work to Improve Their Local Community
“D-Term is an experiential, interdisciplinary service-learning project on which the entire 8th grade works from August through December,” explained Miriam Murtuza, Ph.D., Middle School English instructor. “The project has three key components: learning, doing and sharing.” The learning component of D-Term requires students to examine issues affecting our community. “This year, each 8th grader researched […]
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Aspen Academy Introduces Digital Music in the Contemporary Music Classroom
Music is arguably one of the most complicated and comprehensive subjects taught and it’s easy to understand why most schools adhere to traditional music programs. However, at Aspen Academy we are providing our students with a traditional musical foundation and expanding it to the music techniques, instruments and theories of the 21st century. This includes […]
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Middle School Microloans in Action
Thanks to math instructor Diane Butler, sixth graders are exploring traditional math skills through a not-so-traditional approach: microlending. Students are mastering complex concepts such as compound interest, discussing real-world financial matters, and empowering people around the world with $25 microloans through Kiva.org, a reputable microfinance nonprofit. The students explore possible recipients, determine credit risk through […]
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Applied Physics and Design–Toboggan Making
Teachers George Tahan and Tyson Trautz are team teaching a course in Conceptual Physics that features a one-day-a-week session in Applied Physics and Design during which the students make toboggans. Boys design their toboggans using CAD (Computer Aided Design) software, and go over to the wood shop to build them.
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Overlake Students Taking Mandarin Make Music Video
Overlake Students taking Mandarin 5 took it upon themselves to make a music video. The students re-worked the song “Welcome to Beijing” to “Welcome to Overlake,” and shot the video on our beautiful campus. There are no subtitles on the video, but you can enjoy the lyrics below: Overlake 欢迎你 Welcome to Overlake by中文五班 By […]
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Old Trail School Students Join Worldwide Movement to get 100 Million+ Students to Code
Old Trail School students, teachers and parents participated with students across the globe in the Hour of Code project in December. This event was held in conjunction with Computer Science Week and was sponsored by Tynker.com, Code.org and a variety of other websites and apps during the month of December. The Hour of Code is […]
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Inspiring International Discussion on Educational Change
Recently, Julia Morgan School for Girls Head of School Sandra Luna was honored to be a keynote speaker at the International Symposium on the Quality of Girls’ Education and Girls’ Rights to Education in Zhenjiang, China. Seventy educators and researchers, primarily from China, but also from Russia, the UK, Mauritius, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were […]
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Imagining a Perfect World
As a follow up to one of their summer reading books, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Sixth grade students at Montgomery School in Chester Springs, PA, imagine creating their own utopian community, as they complete ten writing assignments. The students write paragraphs explaining community’s name; the symbolism of the motto and seal they’ve created; and […]