Grade Level
Middle
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“Snack Sack” Project Integrates Math, Wellness, and Community Service
The Competition Gym at the Episcopal School of Dallas was buzzing with students and parents at the first “Snack Sack” presentation in November. Students were responsible for working in small teams to research and assemble nutritional snacks to donate to students at the St. Simon’s After School Program at Stephen C. Foster Elementary. The students […]
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NAIS Challenge 20/20 Topic: Global Warming and Gardening
This is a short video that the Catlin Gabel School Garden Club elective created between November, 2013, and January, 2014. We made the video for the NAIS Challenge 20/20 program, focusing on the subject of how gardening helps combat global warming.
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From Summer Reading to Service Learning at New Roads Middle School
For New Roads Middle School students, this was summer reading with enough impact to last the whole year long: “Outcasts United” – the vivid and inspiring true story of a soccer team of refugee boys from war-torn homelands and their determined coach – had already stirred class discussions about migration, cultural differences and building a […]
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“Empathy to Action:” Wind and the Punahou Camp Experience
Our eighth grade team at Punahou School integrated the study of wind into our Camp Mokule`ia experience. By learning how the wind plays a role in the outplanting of naupaka at Ka`ena Point, students gained a greater understanding of how the resilient plant is an ideal choice to withstand the coastal winds of the area. […]
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Visiting the Polar Bears
To inspire the love of learning in students, teachers also need to continue exploring. Effectively modeling life-long learning for the students, my school awarded me a grant for experiential professional development. I was sent on an adventure of a lifetime to visit “The Polar Bear Capital of the World.” In late October and early November, […]
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Coral Classroom
I always think that one of the biggest benefits of working at an independent school is the autonomy that we get as teachers. When I moved into the fifth grade teaching position, I was encouraged to develop a focus on oceans. I had seen some great activities on ocean acidification and coral bleaching that I […]
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Level 6 Choral Concert Honors Nelson Mandela
In the afternoon of December 5, Level 6 students culminated their trimester of Performing Arts with their annual Choral Concert. This class was not just about singing; it was about history, art, poetry, equality, and peace. It was about the Land and Music of South Africa, and about the amazing man, Nelson Mandela. It could […]
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Milton Hershey School: Making Math Meaningful
The Algebra II teachers at Milton Hershey School do everything to make math meaningful to their students….including launching rockets into the sky so kids can learn about parabolic paths! Founded in 1909 by chocolate industrialist Milton S. Hershey and his wife Catherine, Milton Hershey School is a private residential school, located in Hershey, PA, that […]
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Milton Hershey School: Giving of the Green
During the Christmas season, Elementary and Middle Division students at Milton Hershey School have the opportunity to shop for their loved ones at an event known as “Milton’s Christmas Workshop.” A variety of brand new gifts are donated by staff of the school, and sold to students for just a dollar each. All in the […]
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STEAM Challenge with a Real World Application at Allen-Stevenson
Allen-Stevenson Middle School boys in grades 4 to 6 participated in the School’s second annual STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) Day on June 5, 2013. The challenge, one with real world applications, was for teams of four to design and build a wind turbine using a small inexpensive electric generator that would be […]
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Developing Leaders in the Middle
Greensboro Day School hosted its 2nd Annual Middle School leadership conference on November 18. Seventy students from Kernodle, B’Nai Shalom, Noble Academy, Mendenhall, Canterbury School, and New Garden Friends joined their GDS peers for a full-day program led by Upper School students from Greensboro Day School. They worked in groups to identify types of leadership, […]
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A novel of 10,000 words begins with a single sentence
In this video, Gordon seventh graders share the opening sentences for their novels, full-blown efforts with five-figure word counts that they completed over the month of November.