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• 00:49 Sending Binary code messages

  Students trying to send a binary code message across the room to their partners using different strategies

  Uploaded Dec 16, 2019 by Ryan Cherry
• 4:41 Week 20: Jan. 31--Feb. 4, 2022

  This week's slideshow highlights lots of cooperative learning in Science Class: 8th graders examining fossil evidence of whales and dinosaur footprints as part of their unit exploring "Evolution"; 7th graders presenting to their classmates their "Critter Pups", which they created as a way of modeling the passing of traits from parents to offspring through heredity as part of their unit exploring "Reproduction", 7th graders also conducted an investigation exploring the mutual interactions of plant and animal pollinators; 6th graders investigating a "mystery mineral" where they conducted numerous experiments to determine whether the mineral was calcite or quartz, and they also analyzed and interpreted data on global resource consumption and per capita consumption of copper, fresh water, and petroleum as part of their unit exploring "Earth's Resources", and one photo of students looking out the window during the snowstorm this past week that I titled, "Snowday???" :)

  Uploaded Feb 06, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:20 Week 3 of 2021/22

  This post slide show shows: pictures of the amazing turnout at the Decatur Family Picnic last weekend with students and families meeting my son's service dog and our family pet, Dosido; up close looks at how the students were introduced to our various inquiry units' Driving Questions Board; how each class came up with their own working definition of Science; and how students learned about Science Lab Safety Guidelines. 
  
  
  Thank you for checking in! 

  Uploaded Sep 17, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 2:22 Week 3 of 2022-23: JHS Science

  This week's slideshow depicts: 7th grade students taking care of Curtiss, our class pet Bearded Dragon Lizard; 7th grade students cooperatively learning how to operate light microscopes while viewing specimens under various levels of magnification; 8th grade students observing a moth that just hatched from its chrysalis stage of life; and 6th graders working in teams conducting a scavenger hunt to learn how to use all of the text features in their SEPUP textbook for their first unit, "Geologic Processes". Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Sep 09, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 2:15 Week 7: October 12-15

  This week's slide show has pics of: 5th - 7th Graders who are part of our Decatur First Lego League Team having their first team meetings this week; students surprising Ms. Negron with cards that they made for her to celebrate Principal Appreciation Month; a student presenting "This Day in Science History" to his class; 7th grade students working in cooperative groups exploring cell structures and functions; 8th graders digging deeper into Genetics; 6th graders analyzing Climate and Weather data together; and our 2 current herpetologists getting ready to feed our Bearded Dragon Lizards some live crickets!
  Thanks for checking in with our Science Classroom this week!

  Uploaded Oct 15, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:24 WK8: Reimagining School Lunches

  Here's a taste of the various pieces, from all their core subjects: Math, Reading, Science, and Social Studies, that students brought together in a final business plan for how they would reimagine school lunches with food trucks.

  Uploaded May 24, 2020 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:20 3rd grade Bank Project Featured

  Students created different projects from posters to skits to demonstrate their understanding of the role of banks in a community. The presentations were really fun to watch!

  Uploaded May 26, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:15 3rd grade Holiday activities Featured

  We wrapped up the week with some fun seasonal themed activities like winter bingo, a winter escape room of a series of puzzles, and a snowflake number review activity.

  Uploaded Dec 23, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:56 4th Cranberry Lab Featured

  Students explored whether or not cranberries float in water through an investigation.

  Uploaded Dec 04, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:28 6th Grade Group Theme Posters

  6th graders worked in groups to develop four major themes from our novel, Flipped.

  Uploaded Feb 04, 2020 by Katherine Cooper