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• 1:05 Makerspace: Feb. 10-21

  We've been busy in Makerspace! 6th graders in Rm. 109 have been creating unique circuits. Shoutout to Roy who designed a basketball hoop to light-up when a basket was made! 4th graders were designing wind turbines to see firsthand how motion energy can be converted into electrical energy. 6th Graders in Rm. 109 have continued to finalize timed trials on their Vex robots - trying to collect as many "hazardous" (lego) blocks they can collect in under 2 min. The pressure is on! 3rd graders also got a chance to see balanced and unbalanced forces in action by creating their own teeter totter made up rulers, binder clips and paper clips. 5th graders began their coding unit by beginning to assemble Jimu robots. Once built, students will be able to develop a project that will highlight their Jimu. Stay tuned for progress updates!

  Uploaded Feb 20, 2020
• 00:20 Social Studies

  We are talking with our partner about what happens when a product he comes scarce.

  Uploaded Jan 13, 2023
• 2:51 3rd Grade Personal Project Presentations!

  Here are some of the amazing presentations from last week!
  
  The kids worked so very hard to create posters, books, games, and computer programs!

  Uploaded Jun 07, 2021
• 00:13 5th grade Math Scavenger Hunt Featured

  Students engaged in a scavenger hunt to review the key concepts of our math unit on area and surface area.

  Uploaded Oct 16, 2021 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:29 Decatur Data Project

  Students in 6th and 7th grade were tasked with tracking "Data" for a set amount of time, and then creating a UNIQUE visualization representing that data in a non-standard way. This was based on the work we studied in the "Dear Data Project"

  Uploaded Dec 17, 2020 by Andrew Brennan
• 00:52 Decatur's Lego League Team's First Meeting: 2022-23

  Dectatur's Lego League After School Program kicked off this past week with a fun community-builder activity where each member wrote a question on a note that would help all members get to know each other better and then placed it inside a balloon that they blew up. The team then went outside on the turf, threw them up in the air for a few minutes, caught a balloon made by another member, and read the notes to each other out back at our new mosaic benches. This helped ensure that each member was able to get to know the names of their teammates, and learn something new about each other. Once back inside in Ms. Mendoza's Maker-Space Room, the team began digging into and discussing some videos that we posted on our Lego League Google Classroom page so that the team members can become acquainted with the overall theme for this year's competition!

  Uploaded Sep 24, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 4:34 Exploring Addition Expressions for 25

  Hey Team! Watch this video then solve the number sentences below using the strategy that makes the most sense to you!
  
  25 + 16
  25 .+ 22
  14 + 19
  17 + 24

  Uploaded Mar 19, 2020 by Katie Andorka
• 00:18 Gallery Walk

  In our new social studies unit, we are studying the past, the present and the future. One of the standards that first graders should be able to do is generate questions to further thinking. In this gallery walk, students left their open ended questions on a post it note as they moved quietly through the space.

  Uploaded Jan 27, 2023 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:53 Justification Anchor Charts

  This week we focused on writing our justifications for our body paragarphs of our essays. Students in grades 5th-7th made their own anchor charts to help remember the important elements of their justifications.

  Uploaded Oct 09, 2020 by Katherine Cooper
• 00:51 Makerspace: Dec. 2-6

  We've been busy this week in Makerspace! K-2 are making great progress on communicating their reflections on their Index Card Tower using Padlet. Not only are they working on responding to reflection questions but also making sure to add details to strengthen their writing. Some students are even working on creating audio or video reflections as well. We're looking forward to be showing our final product soon! 3rd graders are finishing up with their presentations on Google Slides. 4th graders have begun their coding unit, inspired from our field trip to the Lyric Opera's collaboration with Codeverse - the world's first fully interactive coding studio for kids. To prepare to code with Kidscript -- Codeverse's language for coding -- 4th graders have begun to write out code for an obstacle course they will create within the class. 5th graders and 6th graders (Rm. 109) having been working hard on their "How To" videos showing K-2 how to use iPads and 3-5 how to use Google Classroom. 6th graders (Rm. 107) are completing their robot testbeds and testing out how 'inputs' and 'outputs' work by operating the robot brains with their controllers.

  Uploaded Dec 07, 2019