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• 00:56 4th Cranberry Lab Featured

  Students explored whether or not cranberries float in water through an investigation.

  Uploaded Dec 04, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:28 6th Grade Group Theme Posters

  6th graders worked in groups to develop four major themes from our novel, Flipped.

  Uploaded Feb 04, 2020 by Katherine Cooper
• 00:57 6th Graders Learn About the Holocaust Through Small Group Learning Centers
  Uploaded Mar 06, 2020 by Katherine Cooper
• 00:17 Chromatography Lab 5th Science Featured
  Uploaded Jan 22, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:15 Minds at Work

  Students worked together using limited materials to build a structure that had to stand on it's own.

  Uploaded Feb 18, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:16 Social Studies| Identity Map

  I cannot wait to look over your students' identity maps. In order to get along with others, they must first know themselves. They reflected and wrote about their interests, things they would change in society and more.

  Uploaded Mar 02, 2023 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 3:24 Week 12 of 2022-23| 5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: a rare sighting of "Leroy the Catfish" in our classroom aquatic ecosystem; 7th graders set up a couple of science demonstrations and experiments such as "leaf chromatography" to investigate why leaves turn colors in autumn, as well as "How can Superworms eat and safely biodegrade styrofoam?:;Decatur 5th-8th grade students gearing up for their upcoming First Lego League Tournament by teaching each other coding and showing their creativity through planning their innovation projects; 6th grade was busy this week working in cooperative groups to research the topic of "Greenroofs" and how they help combat climate change, in particular the phenomenon of the "Urban Heat Island Effect"; 5th graders explored why the seasons change by analyzing and interpreting data from a Scientific Simulation of the Earth's tilt combined with its yearly orbit around the sun; 7th graders were excited to break open a box that just arrived that contains a hydroelectric kit that they will assemble and test to see how running water can transfer energy to produce electricity; 7th graders also observed as I dissected aquatic planaria so that they can see how planaria can reproduce asexually through binary fission and regeneration; and last but not least, another sighting of Curtiss, our class pet Bearded Dragon. Thanks for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Nov 12, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 3:36 Week 25 of 2022-23| 5th - 8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: 8th graders conducting a taste test experiment to see if they can taste the difference between tap water, bottled purified water (taken from a tap at another municipal water supply somewhere), bottled distilled water, and bottled spring water as they have been exploring plastics as part of their "Chemistry of Materials" SEPUP unit; 8th grade also investigated a lab where they crosslinked two polymers the same way chemists do who work to create various plastics as they made a plastic that resembled slime; 7th grade continued exploring genetics; 6th graders explored how natural resources are unevenly distributed around the world due to past geologic events and they performed some in-depth data collection-analysis-interpretation of how ground water aquifers are impacted as well by both natural events and human activity; and 5th grade continued their unit on "Weather & Climate" with a couple of cooperative investigations to learn more about prevailing winds and how they impact global and regional climates; and there is a pic of a rare sighting of the elusive "Leroy the catfish" in our classroom aquatic ecosystem. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Mar 05, 2023 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:40 3rd Grade Social Studies Illinois Employers Scoot Featured

  Students explored data about major employers in 6 different Illinois cities in this scoot activity.

  Uploaded Mar 29, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:36 4th grade Simple System Solar Panel Lab Featured

  Students were given several items to use to create a simple system as we learn about systems and they were able to create simple electrical systems that used solar panels to power a fan!

  Uploaded Jan 17, 2022 by Ryan Cherry