This week the Drama: Summer Star the Musical class did a lot of rehearsing for their performance. They practiced the song and had a dress rehearsal. The musical is coming along and they are excited for all of you to…
Stop Motion Animation Begins Last Project [Week 4]
Students started planning and creating their last stop motion animation project. This project is planned to be between 2 to 3 minutes long. The students have a choice to use lego, clay, drawings, or a mix of materials.
Global Leaders Debate Nigerian Oil [Week 4]
This week, the students started working on their original country projects by designing their country’s flag and deciding on population size, land area, and GDP. They will finish these projects next week and present them at Open House! The students…
STEM: Discovery Gets Rolling [Week 4]
This week, we moved on to our biggest project! Students worked in teams of three or four to build roller coasters out of recycled materials. They began the process by testing parts of rollercoasters to see how they work and…
Lego EV3 Robots Maneuver Through the Course [Week 4]
This week our class said good bye to their trash collection attachments, and began to work with their first sensor—the ultrasonic sensor. This sensor detects distance between the sensor and an object and reads it in a measurement of centimeters…
Minecraft Faces Some Obstacles [Week 4]
We FINALLY finished our castles last week. We started our obstacle courses on Monday and finished on Tuesday so that the entire class could visit each other’s obstacle courses and try it out. Some obstacle courses were very hazardous (lava…
Lego WeDo Explores Beach Clean-up [Week 4]
The oceans are dirty! What do we do? On Tuesday, the students were tasked with designing a robot that could help clean up their favorite beach. They considered issues such as how it would move, how it would collect trash,…
Drama: Summer Stars on Stage Are Fine Tuning Their Play [Week 4]
This week, we are getting our costumes ready, our places set, and fine tuning our lines. We are in the process of running through the entire play! We finished creating our scenes this week and will start dress rehearsals on…
Apple Pie Learns About Sri Lanka and Jamaica [Week 4]
We started this week in Columbo, Sri Lanka! We learned how to make Rotti Pratha, a simple bread that people in Sri Lanka enjoy as a snack or a side dish to curry, and drank some Falooda, a sweet and…
Let’s Play Sports Play Pa`ume`ume [Week 4]
After a stormy week three it has been a very sunny week four! This week our class dove back into sports and games like Soccer, Ultimate Football, and balance Junk-Ken-Po. We also learned how to play kickball as well as…