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• 2:01 Ancient Empires Board Games

  6th graders playtested one another’s ancient empire games to assess how well board games can be used as a learning tool.

  Uploaded Feb 14, 2023 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:28 Biographies!

  We are learning about the many people that influenced the world around us.

  Uploaded Jan 26, 2023
• 00:13 Brain Break| Drawing

  This week in the midst of the show preparation we took some time to draw together as a class. Students were learning how to draw a penguin on an ice block.

  Uploaded Feb 04, 2023 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 3:05 Fun at Oktoberfest!

  Pics of Decatur JHS having so much friendly competition & FUN at this year's Oktoberfest this past Friday!

  Uploaded Oct 31, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:57 Guess the Artifact Featured

  As we started our unit learning about ancient civilizations, students played a game called "Guess the Artifact" where they played the role of archaeologists trying to decide what the artifact was and its function.

  Uploaded Dec 05, 2020 by Ryan Cherry
• 3:45 Perseverance in Makerspace

  We've been hitting our stride in Makerspace these past few weeks. Students have been persevering in class regardless of the design challenge coming their way. Design a pencil box? No problem. Present your work to the class? Sure thing! Design a monster by staying under budget with materials used? Piece of cake. It's been amazing to see students' curiosity even when exploring Makerspace stations. Rarely are two projects ever alike. Enjoy!

  Uploaded Nov 17, 2021
• 00:26 Science week of Feb 3-7
  Uploaded Feb 10, 2020 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:49 Sending Binary code messages

  Students trying to send a binary code message across the room to their partners using different strategies

  Uploaded Dec 16, 2019 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:20 Talk-A-Mile-A-Minute 6th Grade Team 114

  Check out this video of our amazing 6th graders participating in a fun interactive learning game called "Talk-A-Mile-A-Minute", which reinforces academic vocabulary development in Science class in order to lay a solid foundation for much higher text complexity and scientific writing later in high school and college. It is so much fun to witness the enthusiasm our 6th graders choose to display towards their learning and thank you for checking in with us :)

  Uploaded Mar 07, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 3:13 Week 22 of 2022-23|5th - 8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: 8th graders continuing to explore molecular structure as part of their "Chemistry of Materials" SEPUP Unit of inquiry; 7th graders practicing the strategy of reciprocal teaching to build anchor knowledge that will be used in subsequent lessons in their "Reproduction" SEPUP inquiry unit; 6th graders investigating the role of convection deep inside the Earth's mantle which led to short skits that they produced and shared with their class as part of their "Geologic Processes" SEPUP inquiry unit; and 5th grade worked in small cooperative groups to read through a skit that included 18th century scientist and statesman Ben Franklin traveling through time to interact with today's climatologists and hydrologists to help explain the role of Earth's warm and cold ocean currents in impacting climates in different regions around the world as part of their "Weather & Climate" SEPUP inquiry unit. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Feb 18, 2023 by Gerard Kovach