Fourth Graders continued assembling their Japanese lamps today in STEM Special and started working on their symbol for printing. Next week we start using the woodworking tools and carving our print blocks.
Discovery Academy rooftop garden tours are available by request. Contact Mrs. Neseralla if you want to go up before or after school. Cneseralla@crec.org
The Garden Committee is starting soon and we need teachers, parents, and students. This is a great club that you can join with your child or grandchild. We meet after school every other Monday through the spring. This year, we will meet in the garden as much as possible and end the year with a garden party on June 11th. No experience is necessary.
We are looking for one representative for each grade level to help the students plant their garden beds. We also need families to sign up for a week in the summer to harvest vegetables and weed. I received hundreds of seeds from Heirloom Market and hope to start seedlings soon and get the beds planted in early May. Please consider helping the school through our amazing rooftop garden.
Thanks for your support of the school!
Mrs. Neseralla
Send an email to Cneseralla@crec.org if you would like to support the Discovery rooftop garden.
A sailor in the Volvo Ocean race is presumed lost at sea. The Discovery fifth graders have been following this around the world sailing race and unfortunately real life tragedy struck. John Fisher, who was racing on Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag, went overboard in 35-knot winds and rough seas on Monday. The boats are racing from New Zealand to Brazil and the students are tracking the ships and learning about the crews and race. The crew is continuing across the Pacific with heavy hearts and we wish John Fisher’s family, the sailing world, and the British nation our prayers.
A dedicated group of 4th and 5th graders have been working on a Changemaker campaign to make the world better. The first week of April they are asking drivers to pledge to not touch their phones while driving. Pass the word on and feel free to get signatures from drivers you know.
Click the link to access a Signature Sheet – LINK
This week, Discovery Academy launched the new STEM Special for the upper grades.
– Fifth Graders joined crews in the Volvo Ocean Race and started tracking latitude and longitude of the around the world sailing race.
– Fourth graders started building their Japanese lamps frames.
– Third graders built the base model of their house in the architecture unit.
These integrated projects allow the students to participate in new STEM experiences while integrating multiple subjects.
Discovery Academy is sending 24 amazing inventors on to the Invention Convention state regionals. We are so proud of all our inventors and wish them the best. The CIC Executive Director just informed me that 500 judges are needed so I am passing on this request to the Discovery staff and parents:
The Connecticut Invention Convention needs 500 judges! This year over 17,000 students from across Connecticut are learning how to be the next generation of inventors and engineers. 1,600 of them will compete at regional events in March (Hamden and East Hartford), and 700 will show up at the state finals in April at UConn in Storrs to compete for awards and an invitation to the Nationals. These students work through the school year to identify a problem that matters to them, and then to solve it with an invention. For these young inventors, presenting their work to our judges is the pinnacle of their invention process.
This year, over 500 judges are needed to make these events successful and educational for our student inventors. Judges need no experience or special knowledge – just an interest in helping students learn. Engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, IP attorneys and educators are encouraged to register. But really anyone who is interested can be a judge. Training is provided onsite the day of the event, and support is always available during the event. Being a CIC judge is a fulfilling and worthy experience, and many of our judges have been coming back year after year!
All of the information necessary, including dates, times, locations and an easy registration form, can be found at http://www.ctinventionconvention.org/judges.
If you have any questions please feel free to email the Connecticut Invention Convention’s Executive Director at the contact information below.
Ron Katz
Executive Director
CT Invention Convention
(860) 434-4083 (direct)
ron@CTInventionConvention.org
www.CTInventionConvention.org
Fifth graders in Mrs. Smith’s class experimented with art chemistry. They used red cabbage juice as a base and created pigment water colors with everyday household chemicals. Check out their masterpieces! Thanks for bringing STEAM to Discovery Ms. Wilson, Miss Targett-Eaglin and Mrs. Neseralla.
Next week, March 8th, our young engineers get to show off their problem solving with creative engineered inventions. Families are welcome to come and see their amazing work.
The Discovery Invention Convention will run from 9:00-11:15.
3rd graders presents from 9:00-10:00
2nd graders presents from 10:15-11:15
Club members in 4th and 5th grade present from 9:00-11:15.
We are having a Discovery Academy Pi memorization contest on March 14th. (3-14) A prize goes to the top student in each class with the highest number of digits in Pi they can memorize. Good luck everyone!
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