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Green screening stories from the Old Testament at French American
Mme. Harifi recently completed a green screening project with her 6th grade history classes. The context for this activity was a unit studying Judaism, in which students were asked to present a three-minute retelling of a story from the Old Testament. Students recorded their scenes in front of a green screen. When they were finished, […]
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Campsite Cleanup Crew
Conserve School is fortunate to be located adjacent to the Sylvania Wilderness & Recreation Area. Students and staff develop a special fondness for the wilderness area so it feels especially good to be able to give back and support it so that others can experience the joys of this unique place. Each spring students participate […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Exploring Linear Equations Using Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings
7th-8th grade algebra students attending All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a hands-on exploration of linear equations using the visual arts as a lens. In order to challenge eighth graders’ graphing skills, students learned about the American artist, Sol LeWitt (1888-1976), who came to fame in the late 1960s […]
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First Graders Engineer Apple Containers, Sailboats, and More!
Pop into the first grade classroom and you are likely to encounter small clusters of children huddled around a collection of foam trays, felt, colored straws, Scotch tape, and all manner of handy supplies. There will be much negotiating, demonstrating, and a general flurry of activity. This is what STEM looks like in first grade. […]
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Reenacting and Recreating a Revolution in Second Grade
How can a teacher effectively cover a unit on the American Revolution in four months without lulling a classroom of young students sleep? For those who are willing to boldly employ the types of things 8 year-olds appreciate, the answers to these questions are clear and can be applied to social studies themes, especially the […]
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Near Space Balloon Launch
Members of Trinity-Pawling’s Robotics and Engineering Club launched their first payload into near space earlier this year. The “Taccolytes”(the group’s name pays homage to a Renaissance engineer and contemporary of DaVinci) spent several weeks planning the launch of “Resilience I”. Students were responsible for ensuring the structural integrity of the airframe and payload; the establishment […]
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Put on Your Math Goggles! Exploring Measurement Using Josef Albers’ Squares
Fifth graders at All Saints’ Episcopal School recently donned their math goggles and engaged in a hands-on exploration of measurement using the visual arts as a lens. In order to challenge fifth graders’ proportional reasoning skills, students learned about the German-born American artist, Josef Albers (1888-1976), and were introduced to images of his influential series […]
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Our Global Family
HIES currently maintains formal sister-school relationships with high schools in Sapporo, Japan, Briey, France, Cape Town, South Africa, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. The purpose of the HIES sister-school program is to promote cultural awareness and sensitivity, as well as to facilitate foreign language study where applicable. To this end, students hold regular video-conferences with their […]
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Maker Culture Evolving at the French American International School
This year the French American International School of San Francisco developed FAIS Creates, an after-school maker club. Over the course of the year, our group of 15 students in grades 6-8 completed a variety of hands-on projects, including work with Arduino, sewing and crafting, robotics, and fabrication. Next fall, our school will unveil a new […]
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Maker Faire at The Philadelphia School (TPS)
The creativity, ingenuity, and sheer exuberance of our students were on full display in mid-March at the The Philadelphia School’s first Maker Faire – an interactive celebration of learning and discovery inspired by the Maker movement (see www.makerfaire.com). Every student from preschool through eighth grade participated – individually or in groups – creating art, exploring […]
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Verde Valley School Students Take Up Local Hunger Efforts
VVS students and faculty have worked hard this year to ease youth hunger in our local community. We learned that one out of four children in Arizona’s Verde Valley is food insecure, which means they may not know where their next meal is coming from. First, we voted to “Fast for a Meal.” This means […]
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Sewickley Academy Fourth Graders Are Full of Drive
Sewickley Academy’s Grade 4 students were challenged to design, build, and program Lego cars as a final project in computer class and did a phenomenal job! Their cars, controlled by a computer keyboard, had many unique features that demonstrate creative thinking and problem solving such as a distance sensor that makes the car go in […]