MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 00:35 Mystery Box Lab Featured

  Students engaged in an investigation with a Mystery Box where they considered what animals need to find their food and imagined that what was in the box was their food. They looked inside of the box to see that it was not possible to see if there is no light and then talked with their groups to decide what changes could be made to allow someone to see inside the box and came to the conclusion that light is needed to see inside the box.

  Uploaded Nov 03, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:08 Human Traits Bar Graphs Featured

  Students went around the room and responded for themselves on nine different traits including things like eye color, hair color, hair texture, dimples, etc. From their responses the class created bar graphs to analyze the data within our classroom and show the variations within a trait.

  Uploaded Nov 03, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:28 Our 8th Grade Buddies!

  These past couple weeks we have been writing our buddies and we finally got to meet them!!!

  Uploaded Oct 29, 2022
• 1:33 Jogathon!!!

  I was able to make this awesome video. Thank you for making this such a special day!!!

  Uploaded Oct 29, 2022
• 2:22 Decatur Jogathon 2022-23

  6th and 7th grade students put their hearts into running tons of laps and having some fun!
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Uploaded Oct 29, 2022 by Marianne Sharping
• 2:46 Week 10 of 2022-23| 5th - 8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: 8th graders taking a classroom movement break to a song they learned in 1st grade; 8th grade explored physics by further investigating Newton's Laws of Motion; all students spent time on Thursday & Friday of this week continuing to explore Experimental Design to get ready for STEM Fair (7th & 8th grades it is a review as they are already working on their chosen inquiry projects--and for 5th & 6th grades it is an introduction as they will conduct small cooperative group experiments with more guidance from Mr. K). The explorations involved using microscopy to collect and record observations of various aquatic organisms (Daphnia, Planaria, Paramecium, Amoeba, and Euglena). Students were really excited to see them interacting, responding to environmental stimuli such as light, and in some cases, giving birth and consuming other species. The next step is to take the students' own questions so that they can design experiments of their own, such as the amazing regenerative properties of Planaria, while they apply the "Elements of Scientific Experimental Design", which goes to the higher order thinking NGSS Science & Engineering Practices. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)
  

  Uploaded Oct 29, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:45 Jog-a-Thon | Fall Craft

  It was a fun week! Check out this short video of the Jog-a-Thon and our Fall Craft.

  Uploaded Oct 28, 2022 by Erin Cole
• 00:13 8th Grade Crab Soccer

  With Oktoberfest right around the corner, the middle schoolers have been practicing their Crab Soccer skills before the big showdown next week!

  Uploaded Oct 28, 2022
• 4:06 Week 9 of 2022-23| 5th - 8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: All classes participating in an experiment to test to see where in our JHS Annex are there more microbes growing on surfaces as this experiment was a review of Experimental Design for 8th & 7th grade students, and an introduction for 6th & 5th grade students; 8th & 7th grade students worked on peer review of each others' STEM Fair Project Research Literature Review, as they are in the midst of their STEM Fair Inquiry Projects having also written their projects' Purpose Statements; students also spent 25 minutes this week spending their class' "Earned Game Time Points", thus continuing to strengthen classroom community by playing board games, chess, or card games during that time; and last but not least, Mr. K showing off a large-mouthed bass he caught this weekend as a way of encouraging students to spend more time outdoors in this Autumn season enjoying nature. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Oct 23, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 4:06 Week 9 of 2022-23| 5th - 8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights photos of an experiment that each class performed to test to see where more microbes would be found on surfaces within our Junior High School Annex Wing. The experiment sets the stage for a review of Experimental Design as our 8th and 7th grade classes are in the midst of their STEM Fair Projects having just completed the research phase, and 6th and 5th grade classes are being introduced to Experimental Design. There are also pics of students showing love to Curtiss, our class Bearded Dragon Lizard; several pics of students leading the class in our experiment's data analysis and interpretation; 7th & 8th graders worked on peer reviewing each other's STEM Fair Project Rough Draft Research Literature Reviews; and students also strengthening classroom community by spending their 25 minutes of class "Earned Game Time" points by playing board games or card together. Thank you for checking in with us this week! :)

  Uploaded Oct 23, 2022