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Entrepreneurs Find Inspiration, Creativity in Startup Class
Visitors to Carrollwood Day School can’t walk by the Center for Innovation without stopping for a second look. The walls are covered with writing, desks are arranged in random configurations, and students are using twitter to connect with others. This isn’t an out-of-control classroom; it’s CDS’s inaugural Design Entrepreneurship Technology class, and students have been […]
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Failed Experiments Lead to Extensive Learning
In November, Junior Kindergartners in Abbie Bowen’s class at The Experiential School of Tampa Bay put bean seeds into bags; they placed some on their classroom windows and dropped others into outdoor planters. The goal: discover the difference between the inside and outside growth of their seeds. They were excited and optimistic about the project. […]
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Students Collect Jeans for Homeless Teens
Old Trail School students collected 344 pairs of jeans for the Teens for Jeans drive in February, bringing the School’s six-year total to 1,751 pairs. The project is part of the annual national campaign sponsored by Aeropostale and DoSomething.org, a nonprofit organization for young people and social change. This program encourages young people to collect […]
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Fourth Grade Students Invade GSB Lower School with Art
Gill St. Bernard’s students, grades pre-k through three, returned to the Lower School early one morning to discover that an overnight invasion had taken place throughout the hallways and in their classrooms. Little did they know that the alien invaders they encountered had been brought down to Earth by fourth grade students at GSB. In […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Seeing Math in a Warhol
Second graders at All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a mathematics activity using the visual arts as a lens. Students learned about the Pop artist, Andy Warhol, famous for his silk-screened art containing iconic images. Students viewed several pieces of his arrayed artwork, naming the array size (2X5, 3X3, […]
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MAPS for Success: Fueling a Desire to Succeed
Eighth graders at The de Paul School, which specializes in educating bright students with learning differences, are asked to solve a mystery in their Social Studies class: “Did Pocahontas really rescue John Smith?” They’re given “clues”—primary sources that include maps, documents, pictures, letters, and diaries. They conduct in-depth analysis of historical documentation, and then present […]
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Student Monologues Bring History to Life
The Third Grade Social Studies curriculum at Walden School examines subjects ranging from the 50 states and their capitals to Westward Expansion and Louisville history. But no activity is more highly anticipated than the “Revolutionary War Monologues,” when students assume the role of an historical figure, dress in period costume—designed, hand made, or purchased just […]
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The Maker Movement: Spurring Scientific Inquiry
The Makery, located in Louisville Collegiate School’s Fine Arts building, is where students and teachers gather to collaborate, invent, design, and build. It’s where they’re encouraged to try and, if they fail, to try again. It supports JK-12 curricular initiatives and is equipped for such things as light woodworking and metalworking, 3-D printing, laser cutting, […]
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Analyzing Data, Maximizing Power: Science in the Real World
At Kentucky Country Day School, eighth graders are designing solar batteries, writing disaster response plans for cities around the world, and disassembling electronics to evaluate their environmental impact. These hands-on units are part of their Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (E3S) curriculum, which focuses on projects that put learning in a real world context. In […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Exploring Symmetry in Robert Indiana’s LOVE art
Pre-K children enrolled in All Saints’ Episcopal School’s Early Childhood Program recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a symmetry activity using the visual arts as a lens. The children learned about and viewed several images of the artwork of Robert Indiana, the American artist most notably known for his “Love” paintings and sculptures. […]
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Learning the Power of Power
2nd and 3rd graders explored their own power to make change as part of a year-long unit on POWER at Aurora School. It all started with a science field trip to the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Students had a chance to run nets through the water to find living creatures. They looked at zooplankton and […]
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Principia Students Connect Science and Art on Teton Trip
“It’s one thing to learn about nature in the classroom; it’s another to experience it. It makes much more of an impact on you!” That student comment hints at the enthusiasm and understanding generated by a recent interdisciplinary program, Creative Expressions in Nature. This weeklong experiential trip has been offered as an option for Principia […]