On Friday, CREC District teachers came to Discovery Academy to learn about our Design Lab and MakerSpaces. Miss Bruch and Mrs. Neseralla ran a hands on professional development and their “students” made arcade games with cardboard.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Egg Stand Challenge
Take on the Egg Stand Challenge at STEM Night, November 3rd, 2016 from 5:30-7:30. Who can reach their grade height with the least expensive stand? The younger students will build in the Art Room and the older students will be in the Design Lab. I can’t wait to meet the champion and see our winning designs.
Geocaching in 3rd and 1st Grade
Third graders went out last week to find Geocaching treasure boxes hidden around our school. The first graders will be looking for treasure boxes next week on their field trip. Geocaching is a sport that uses satellite to map out coordinates of hidden boxes. The treasure boxes contain a log book and trinkets that are exchanged. It is an excellent way to blend science, technology and math.
Oobleck is Back!
Yum! It’s Science Time
The smell apples filled the hallway today as kindergartners explored the steps a scientist takes to conduct an experiment. The students tried to break down apples with a hammer and a potato masher but found the best method was heat. At the end of the day they got to enjoy the results of their experiment by eating tasty apple sauce.
Playground Scientists
Kindergartners wanted birds to come to our trees on the playground so they worked together to build some birds nests. They discussed the kinds of birds they think will like the birds nests and agreed that the smaller or baby birds might come. They didn’t think we would get eagles or hawks visiting the nests.