Monday, May 13, 2019

Last Day 4th graders!

Fun memories with Legos, taking pictures, hanging out one last time with our fish buddies!

Last Day 5th grade

We will miss you 5th graders! Come visit next year!

Friday, May 10, 2019

4th grade Circuit Challenge

4th graders learned how to create circuits with copper tape, V3 batteries, and LED lights. Here are their final projects - An Ode to a Favorite thing with Art that uses circuits.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Last Day for Third Grade!

Trout Trip!

On Wednesday our 5th graders joined with Birch's 5th graders took a fieldtrip to Wilson Pond to release our trout. It was a fun and educational trip as we also saw the fish hatchery and the research center.

Monday, May 6, 2019

The 12 labors of Hercules!

Our 3rd graders used Legos and a Stop Motion App to create movies of the 12 Labors of Hercules. (We did have to drop the Cerynean Hind labor as we were one student short. Enjoy!

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Myths in the News!

Watch our third grade GT students as they take an ancient Greek Myth and show it in a present day newscast. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll shriek in terror!

Monday, April 22, 2019

Lego Labyrinths in Third Grade

The third grade students learned about how Theseus killed the Minotaur and escaped his labyrinth! They created their own lego labyrinths with trap doors, ramps and many dead ends!

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Fractals in Fifth Grade!

Our 5th grade students learned what fractals are and then broke into groups to study and draw one type of fractal. Finally they had to share their knowledge and mathematical art with a new group.

Monday, April 8, 2019

4th graders make Energy!

4th graders Experiment with Static Electricity and Current Electricity and lemon batteries.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Rubric Cube Mosaics

Our 5th graders created Rubric Cube Mosaics and designed their own this month. It was Mosaic Madness with 36 cubes!

Reese's Robbery

Our GT third graders came last Tuesday to find our room had been vandalized and candy stolen! They quickly gathered evidence and questioned suspects. Thankfully we found our culprit and had our Reeses returned! Our detectives were diligent as you can see from our movie.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Squid Dissection Day

Our 4th graders had the great of honor of learning from a retired GT teacher how to dissect squid! It was messy, fun and very educational!

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Valentines in Binary Code

Our 3rd graders had so much fun using Binary Code to create Valentine Word Heart Bracelets. They used colors to symbolize the 0 and 1 of Binary Code. They learned that you can't pick big words when each letter is 8 beads!