The BOKs program called for planks today and we did find a fallen tree to do planks and pushups on. However, most of the rest of the lesson will have to be done another time as it was just too
Weekly Summary: Ice Melting Experiment – Electrons and Neutrons – STEM
This week, the Neutrons and Electrons did a hands on experiment with melting ice. We started out creating hypotheses about which substance melts ice best, then each set to work testing our substances using pipettes to melt ice cubes. Substances
Weekly Summary: Scene Writing/Smash Boom Best Debates – Electrons – Writer’s Workshop
In Electrons Writing Workshop, the kids spent the last few weeks working in small groups to write and perform scenes. Now, we are starting to organize for debates, based on the “Smash, Boom, Best” podcast. Electron parents – I will
Weekly Summary: Sit-ups and fun in the snow – Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
What a beautiful day to be outside! It was a bit of a challenge to find a dry spot on the benches for sit-ups but some kids preferred the snow on the ground anyway. Their form was really good, we
Weekly Summary: Yarn Art – Electrons and Neutrons – Art
The medium we experimented with this week was yarn. The plan was to ‘color-by-yarn’ and use the yarn to color the sketch or composition we each made. Both groups were not shy with their feelings – it was pretty much
Weekly Summary: Felt Masks – Electrons and Neutrons – Art
This past week in Art, we focused on felt as our material of the day. We used cereal-box cardboard to create a template for Mardi-Gras style masks. The kids then covered the base template with felt and other decorations to
Weekly Summary: Neutron and Electron Art
This week in art for both Neutrons and Electrons, we finished up our compositions that work with negative space as both the foreground focal point and as the background. Everybody’s projects turned out wonderful! Some students had a little extra
Gym: National Take a Hike Day
Yesterday was National Take a Hike Day, so we took full advantage and enjoyed a hike with each class. Electrons and Neutrons hiked to the place we have a mutual understanding is named Nature’s Playground. You likely know the spot
Writing Workshop: Libraries vs. Museums
We spent the time listening to this episode of Smash Boom Best, a lively debate show. We all made notes as we listened, and paused it frequently so we could discuss the proceedings. We talked about debate and persuasion in general, hopefully in
Gym: Power Words & Team Challenges
Please forgive me for not sending a gym recap sooner. Here’s the gist of what we’ve been up to so far this season. We started with a power word running activity the first official day of co-op to focus our