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• 3:37 Week 18 of 2022-23|5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: 5th grade investigating the ratio of water to land on Earth, as well as how water and land absorb and lose thermal energy at different rates as part of their SEPUP Weather & Climate Unit; 6th grade investigated the scientific theory of "Continental Drift" as part of their SEPUP Unit Geologic Processes; 7th grade wrapped up their SEPUP Unit From Cells to Organisms with an interactive activity called "Disease Detectives", where they worked as epidemiologists to argue from evidence the cause of a disease outbreak, and 7th grade also played team Jeopardy to review for the unit's culminating final exam; 8th graders continue digging deeper into their SEPUP Unit Chemistry of Materials, with a cooperative group lab that investigated chemical vs physical properties, and they also began exploring the property of density through an online Phet Simulation. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Jan 21, 2023 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:58 WK5 | Universe of Obligation

  Students discussed and analyzed texts centered around identity and belonging. Our discussions helped us transition into formulating and creating working definitions for the phrase "universe of obligation". Our studies in Social Studies will aim to help students make further connections with their novel study on "Refugee".

  Uploaded Sep 30, 2021 by Marianne Sharping
• 1:02 4th grade Chicago History Field Trip Featured

  Students went on a field trip to the Chicago History Museum to be a part of their special City on Fire Enhanced Field Trip. Students heard from live actors about two famous Chicagoans, Joseph and Anna Elizabeth Hudlin, who both played pivotal roles in helping Chicago recover from the Chicago Fire. Students also got to meet Chicago comic Victor Dandridge, who showed them how the medium of a simple thing like folded paper can help add layers to a story.

  Uploaded Feb 18, 2023 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:13 4th grade Straw Reeds Lab Featured

  Students have been learning about sound waves and investigating what makes sounds different like volume and pitch. To see this an action students used straws to create reeds to could make different sounds based upon the way they were crafted. We analyzed the sounds and identified what we were hearing.

  Uploaded May 26, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:48 5th Grade Bio-Poems

  5th graders wrote bio-poems expressing who they are, what they love, and their hopes and dreams. It was a great way to get to know one another, celebrate each student's individuality, and build community.

  Uploaded Sep 18, 2020 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:13 5th grade Math Dividing Fractions Scavenger Hunt Featured

  Students engaged in a scavenger hunt to help them practice various strategies for dividing a fraction by a fraction.

  Uploaded Mar 29, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 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
• 1:49 Election Data Visualization

  Students in 6th and 7th grade were asked to research current or past election data, given some resources, and create a unique visual representation of that data. Feel free to pause and linger on some of the images, I was blown away by some of the students' work!

  Uploaded Nov 18, 2020 by Andrew Brennan
• 00:40 Emoji Graphs 3rd Grade SY22-23 Featured
  Uploaded Sep 03, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:01 Gallery Walk

  6th and 7th grade classes used our Gallery Walk activity to review primary resources for each of our units of study. 6th looked at various resources from maps and first hand accounts bearing witness to the tragedies of the Holocaust. 7th graders looked at resources analyzing slavery as an institution of power.

  Uploaded Feb 15, 2022 by Marianne Sharping