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• 00:29 Fun Investigations with Dry Ice!

  This video shows our 7th Grade Class having fun cooperatively investigating dry ice as part of a recent review of "States of Matter".

  Uploaded Mar 12, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:18 Locating Text Features

  Students used science and social studies books from our classroom library to locate 5 text features in these nonfiction books such as: title, heading, map, index, glossary..etc

  Uploaded Jan 13, 2023 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:14 Science| Domino Fun!

  Task: Build a device or system that demonstrates chains reactions!
  1. Ask questions
  2. Write your predictions
  3. Explain your predictions based on the changes you observe when objects collides
  

  Uploaded Apr 27, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:16 Seeing, Hearing and Responding| Science and Music

  Students listened to a set of musical selections then decided as a group which book (theme or message) they felt was most closely connected to one of the musical selections. Each group shared out and justified their decision by explaining the forces at work in both the musical piece and the read aloud books. Students applied what they learned in an article called' How Energy is Transferred.'

  Uploaded May 04, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 2:08 Week 10: Nov. 1-5

  This week's slideshow includes some images of: 6th graders exploring the phenomena of cold and warm water mixing, as well as fresh and salt water, to simulate the causes of ocean currents that drive climate; 7th graders presenting on their microscopy investigations comparing unicellular vs multicellular organisms' cells; and Decatur's JHS First Lego League after-school Robotics Teams assembling and coding their robots to get ready for competition in December.
  
  Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Nov 06, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 2:19 Week 12: November 15 - 19

  This week's slideshow includes: 6th graders sharing out their new knowledge by adding to the "Learned" section of our KWL of on our Class Driving Questions Board; 6th graders sharing their conceptual understanding of the "Causes of Climate" up in front of our class; 8th graders creating their own flip-books to synthesize their understanding of a recent genetics study portrayed through a documentary film called, "The Human Family Tree", which explored how DNA samples taken from random people in a genealogy study in one of the most ethnically diverse locations of our world, the New York borough of Queens, reveals that all humans share 99.9% of DNA and that "Race" does not exist from a biological perspective; and 6th grade students gearing up for a fun interactive academic vocabulary and community-building activity known as "Talk-A-Mile-A-Minute". Thanks for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Nov 20, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:34 Week 14 of 2022-23| 5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: students observing the transfer of energy between organisms and predator prey relationships in our classroom Lake Michigan Aquatic Ecosystem during feeding times; 6th grade students have been busy working in cooperative groups of engineers to design experiments backed up by their team's research to test variables that impact the effectiveness of "green roofs", which they learned can help combat problems such as the "Urban Heat Island Effect" and urban runoff that often leads to increased flooding of cities like Chicago; an 8th grade scientists setting up their STEM Fair Project experiment that they devised to investigate natural substances that can be used to fight bacteria on surfaces; and 5th grade class enjoying some hard-earned game time as they played cooperative board games and card games at the end of class on Friday to continue to strengthen our classroom community! Thank you for checking in with us this week!

  Uploaded Dec 03, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:25 4th Animal Vision Models Featured

  Students are working on their culminating project of creating a model of animal vision in their unit on vision and light

  Uploaded Dec 04, 2021 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:28 5th Grade Museums

  5th graders curated museums of people, objects, and other artifacts that they felt were valuable to them. It turned out that family was one of the most valuable artifacts they could have in their personal museums.

  Uploaded Sep 09, 2022 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:21 5th Math Calculating Speed Featured

  Students traveled 10 meters down the hallway at a consistent pace and were timed by their classmates so that they could each calculate their speed and compare it to world records in other sports.

  Uploaded Dec 21, 2021 by Ryan Cherry