MOST POPULAR VIDEOS

• 00:14 A Short Video of the 6th Grade Solar Grand Prix: Round 1!

  See weekly update video below for more details!

  Uploaded May 14, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:15 Field Day!!!

  4th Grade had such a great time!

  Uploaded Jun 15, 2021
• 00:24 Graffiti Walls in Remote Learning!

  Remote learning can't stop 5th grade from engaging in their learning. We've adapted graffiti walls for remote learning to give students space to share their views and responses to questions about who we are as a 5th grade community!

  Uploaded Oct 05, 2020 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:57 Guess That Artifact

  5th graders contributed artifacts to a game played in class. Students found artifacts both new, old, or ancient. Students used their observation skills to try to guess what the artifact is and what it was used for.

  Uploaded Dec 05, 2020 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:37 Science E Learning Brain Models and Layered Foldables

  We were learning about our brains and how they process fear and anger. Students created models or layered foldables to show their understanding of what is happening in the brain.

  Uploaded May 09, 2020 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:20 Science: Sorting Through Forces

  Our first few lessons this week have been about Forces All Around us. Here, your students are sorting through images and placing them in categories according to the forces being exerted on or from each object.

  Uploaded Mar 04, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:14 Setting, Problem and Solution Review

  In the last several weeks student have learned to the setting, problem, solution and character changes in a fiction text.This week students spent time with their reading buddy, reviewing the skills they've learned.Students responded to the anchor read aloud called Princess Penelope's Parrot.

  Uploaded Oct 21, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:12 The Inch Worm Hunt

  This wee kickstarted our new measurement math unit. Students found items in our classroom that were roughly 1 inch long.

  Uploaded Nov 18, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 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
• 3:18 Week 13 of 2022-23| 5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: 7th graders exploring the role of carbohydrate and protein macromolecules and their subunits in metabolism both outside and inside cells; 6th graders worked in teams to research how "Green Roofs" can be engineered to reduce urban runoff as well as the "Urban Heat Island" phenomenon; 8th grade wrapped up their physics unit with a lab investigating the effects of mass and speed on a vehicle's breaking distance to avoid a collision; 7th graders strengthening their classroom community through spending their "Earned Points" on some cooperative game time; 6th graders watching energy cycle through our classroom Lake Michigan aquatic ecosystem as the larger fish eat some feeder fish just added to the system; and this week's show ends with a JHS Community Building Incentive Trip to Waveland Bowl. 6th-8th Graders were split up into multigrade level teams and had so much FUN bowling together!

  Uploaded Nov 22, 2022 by Gerard Kovach