MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 2:15 Week 7: October 12-15

  This week's slide show has pics of: 5th - 7th Graders who are part of our Decatur First Lego League Team having their first team meetings this week; students surprising Ms. Negron with cards that they made for her to celebrate Principal Appreciation Month; a student presenting "This Day in Science History" to his class; 7th grade students working in cooperative groups exploring cell structures and functions; 8th graders digging deeper into Genetics; 6th graders analyzing Climate and Weather data together; and our 2 current herpetologists getting ready to feed our Bearded Dragon Lizards some live crickets!
  Thanks for checking in with our Science Classroom this week!

  Uploaded Oct 15, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:37 Design a pencil box that can hold at least 6 new pencils, with a handle AND has a lid that closes. Are YOU up to the challenge?

  Students had fun designing pencil cases this week in Makerspace. Agreeing on a group plan was tricky at first, but it was great to see how students combined their ideas together to make their design. One group even managed to create one pencil case with three different ways to close it! Students in 1st grade were even able to explore Makerspace stations this week, figuring out how to manipulate their manipulatives to create the design they wanted. What an exciting week!

  Uploaded Oct 15, 2021
• 00:10 7th Grade Soccer Tournament

  We are towards the end of our soccer unit. grades 4-8 got to participate in a double elimination tournament. The 7th graders are shown here during their final came and there were even some cheerleaders in attendance.

  Uploaded Oct 12, 2021
• 2:00 Week 6: Oct. 4 - Oct. 8

  This week's slideshow has some images of: 8th graders learning microscopy skills so that they can better understand the microscopic scale of cells and cell nuclei as they continue exploring heredity and genetics in their Reproduction inquiry unit; 7th graders conducting a cooperative lab experiment on cellular respiration where they used Bromothymol Blue indicator solution to gather evidence of cellular respiration in yeast cells which were fed either glucose or starch; and our class aquatic zoologists taking good care of our classroom aquatic ecosystem.
  
  Thank you for checking in this week and please make sure to ask your child for more details of what they explored in class this week!

  Uploaded Oct 08, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:21 Nature Bracelets

  While on our nature walk, we made nature bracelets, but only with items that were already on the ground 😊

  Uploaded Oct 08, 2021 by Nina Placido
• 00:21 Blend sorts!
  Uploaded Oct 08, 2021 by Nina Placido
• 1:57 Week 5: Sept. 27-Oct. 1

  This slideshow shows: 8th grade students exploring Genetics through a coin toss model to better understand how traits are inherited from parents to offspring; 7th grade students learning how to use our compound light and digital microscopes to view unicellular specimens at various magnifications; and one of our class herpetologist helping take care of our 2 Bearded Dragon lizards' ecosystem along with a student holding one of our lizards with a hat on designed by a classmate :)
  
  Thanks for checking in with us!

  Uploaded Oct 03, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 2:07 Week 5: Sept. 27-Oct. 1

  This slideshow has some pics of this week's Science classes: 8th grade learning about genetics and using a coin tossing model to show how traits are passed from parents to offspring; 7th grade learning microscopy skills by viewing unicellular organisms such as bacteria and amoebas with our compound light and digital microscopes; and one of our classroom herpetologists helping to clean the lizard's home ecosystem and a student holding one of the lizards with a lizard hat made by another student :)
  
  Thank you for checking in this week!

  Uploaded Oct 02, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:13 4th grade Mystery Box Featured

  Students used a mystery box this week to think about what an animal's eyes need to see.

  Uploaded Oct 01, 2021 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:35 Hot off the press...check out our 3D Printer in action!

  7th and 8th graders have been working hard this past month in Makerspace to get their Tinkercad designs printed on our new 3D45 3D Dremel Printer! We've learned a lot and overcome several challenges to send our Tinkercad designs to the 3D printer. This week, their work has finally paid off! Check out our first student designed key chains, as well as our class mascots: the Sharks and the Lions! More designs coming soon!

  Uploaded Oct 01, 2021