This week's slideshow highlights: 8th grade students investigating the variables of mass and speed on the kinetic energy transfer of vehicles in a collision as part of their SEUPUP Unit exploring "How can we design safer cars?"; 7th graders wrapped up their Sexual Health Education Unit by doing an amazing job of working in groups to present on several local community resources for adolescents; 6th graders were taking advantage of this abnormal midsummer-like weather to conduct some hands-on lab investigations into the workings of "Photovoltaic Cells", along with their first run of the "Solar Car Grand Prix", where each cooperative group first assembled their cars, and for the next race they get to redesign their cars to try and increase performance and speed--this is all part of their integrated Maker-Space & Science Unit exploring "How can we create a fully renewable energy society?"; and last but not least, a shot of our pet Bearded Dragon, Curtiss and some amazing 7th grade zoologists volunteers getting our class pond ecosystem/aquarium ready for some experiments with aquaponics. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)