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| MMS 5th grade S.T.E.M. class is currently partaking in a problem based learning (PBL) activity. Having learned about how a circuit works, students were asked to come up with different problems in which a circuit could be used to solve that problem. | Students decided that they would create a lighted device to help in one of two different scenarios: 1)a device to help if one was lost in the woods at night, and 2) if one was stuck at home during a power outage. | Students named the project "The Lost Light" and have begun following steps of the Design Process to build a variety of different prototypes. Students are using 3v batteries and 2 pin LED diodes in several different color patterns along with any other resources they can find in the S.T.E.M. Lab for the project! |
MMS 5th grade S.T.E.M. class is currently partaking in a problem based learning (PBL) activity. Having learned about how a circuit works, students were asked to come up with different problems in which a circuit could be used to solve that problem.
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| In 5th Grade ELA, students have been reading Tuck Everlasting. | They have been working hard on analyzing character traits... | and discussing how the point of view affects the story. |
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| MMS students in Makers Club have been working on a number of different projects. Currently, there is a group of creating a conveyor belt system using a Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit along with an Expansion Set. Others are using cardboard to design different projects, including a model car. Two different students have been working on circuits using Arduino Kits and learned how circuits must be wired to get lights to work. | Other Maker Club students are working on taking apart a number of different Windows and Apple computers. Thanks to generous donations, we have lots of PCs to dissect! Their latest find was where USB ports go, and how they connect into the tower. | And still other Maker Club students have designed a prototype of a Filament Stand to help our MakerBot Replicator Mini Printer run more effectively using www.tinkercad.com to create an original 3D design. Before creating the 3D rendering, these two 7th grade students took precise measurements and created a plan following the Design Process. The goal is to allow our smaller printer to more effectively use a large spool of filament which costs half the price of the spool which is made for the printer. How cool is that?! |
MMS students in Makers Club have been working on a number of different projects. Currently, there is a group of creating a conveyor belt system using a Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit along with an Expansion Set. Others are using cardboard to design different projects, including a model car. Two different students have been working on circuits using Arduino Kits and learned how circuits must be wired to get lights to work.
Other Maker Club students are working on taking apart a number of different Windows and Apple computers. Thanks to generous donations, we have lots of PCs to dissect! Their latest find was where USB ports go, and how they connect into the tower.
And still other Maker Club students have designed a prototype of a Filament Stand to help our MakerBot Replicator Mini Printer run more effectively using www.tinkercad.com to create an original 3D design. Before creating the 3D rendering, these two 7th grade students took precise measurements and created a plan following the Design Process. The goal is to allow our smaller printer to more effectively use a large spool of filament which costs half the price of the spool which is made for the printer. How cool is that?!
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| 7th and 8th graders participated in the American Scholastic Mathematics Association Contest on January 10th. | The ASMA Contest is an international math competition... | in which our students compete with others from around the world in six total math contests! |
7th and 8th graders participated in the American Scholastic Mathematics Association Contest on January 10th.
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| 8th grade social studies students completed a long-term project called “Legacy of a Pharaoh.” The final product in this project represents an in-depth overview of a pharaoh from the New Kingdom that includes a written depiction of the king’s life, mummification, and historical legacy. | All work was done on and inside a decorated shoe box, which represents the pharaoh’s sarcophagus, or outer coffin. Each pharaoh chosen for the project has had a lasting effect on Egypt’s legacy, both during the New Kingdom, and across history. | In its complete form, the project is a thorough expression of the pharaoh’s identity: the trajectory of their life and time as king as well as the preparations they made for their inevitable death and immortality. |
8th grade social studies students completed a long-term project called “Legacy of a Pharaoh.” The final product in this project represents an in-depth overview of a pharaoh from the New Kingdom that includes a written depiction of the king’s life, mummification, and historical legacy.
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