MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 00:46 Math outside!!!

  Today we worked on trying to estimate the area of the turf field and the playground!!! We crushed it!

  Uploaded Jun 09, 2022
• 00:08 Forces All Around Us

  Students

  Uploaded Jun 07, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:22 Predicting Patterns

  I can make observations and measurements of a object's motion to predict future motion.

  Uploaded Jun 07, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 3:16 May 31-June3, 2022

  In this week's slideshow there are pics of: 6th grade working in cooperative groups to prepare their projects for the upcoming Energy Fair on June 6th, where they will present to students and staff from other grades to teach all about renewable energy such as wind, solar, hydropower, maglev, etc., as well as energy consumption and efficiency; 6th grade also got a special visit to our classroom from freshman and sophomore college students who are part of Northwestern University's Engineers Without Borders Program (EWB), where they presented to our students how they apply the same STEM skills they are learning now to pursue their own STEM pathways in areas such as surgical medicine, neurology, chemistry, and engineering; 7th grade worked in cooperative teams exploring the anatomy of bullfrogs though our bullfrog dissection project, which is a culmination of NGSS standards that they explored this year from cells to organisms through our SEPUP Biological Science Units of study; 8th grade will also get to explore the dissection project next week once graduation practices are complete. Thank you for checking in with us this week!

  Uploaded Jun 04, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:45 Field Day 2022
  Uploaded Jun 03, 2022 by Katherine Cooper
• 4:56 Field Day!!!

  We had an absolute awesome time at field day! We even got coach to go down the slip and slide!!!

  Uploaded Jun 03, 2022
• 00:22 SEL| All About Me + My Partner

  As we end the year, students spent time reflecting on their personal achievements and feelings. Then they took it step further and compared their responses to a classmate's responses.
  
  I love seeing how the students have grown to be good listeners. They demonstrate respect for others and genuine interest in their classmates.

  Uploaded Jun 03, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:36 We are creating quadrilaterals!!!

  We are learning about how to draw and understand all of the different properties of quadrilaterals

  Uploaded Jun 02, 2022
• 1:27 Week of May 23-27, 2022

  This week slideshow depicts: 6th graders working on their integrated Maker-Space + Science Unit culminating project, where they were busy researching their cooperative groups' energy research topics, assembling their electronic circuit quiz game boards, and then beginning the design and construction of their renewable energy models that they will share with other classes at our first ever Decatur Energy Fair, which will be on Monday, June 6th; 7th graders wrapped up their SEPUP unit exploring evolution with a series of investigations into how homologous skeletal structures and comparative embryology are used by scientists to support Darwin's theory of evolution; and 8th grade wrapped up a unit exploring the physics of engineering and design of safer automobiles.
  
  This week: 6th grade will have special guest speakers in class on Thursday, as a team of Northwestern University's Engineers Without Borders Chapter will present to both 6th grade classes how they utilize STEM skills to help people around the world as part of EWB, as well as their own passions for STEM in general along with what it's like to be a college student at NU.
  
  7th grade and 8th grade will end the year with a Frog Dissection Investigation, which allows them to apply knowledge and skills that they studied within the biological sciences by exploring similar skills used by STEM career professionals such as medical doctors and surgeons, veterinarians, forensic scientists, ecologists, etc.

  Uploaded May 30, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:59 5th grade Amal Unbound Dance Performance Featured
  Uploaded May 28, 2022 by Ryan Cherry