The JC Scholar: Early Spring 2019
Minutes and moments from the JC Library Learning Commons
"If I had to choose one, I would rather be a creator than a critic." ~George Couros
Also, please be on the look out for the next installment of The JC Scholar Newsletter Late Spring Edition which will find it's way into your mailbox by the last day of school. Hint: there is an awesome summer event being planned that you are invited to...you will NOT want to miss it!
JC Kids Love to Read!
Buddy Reading
Searching for Books on the Computer
Independently Reading after Book Check Out Time
Makerspace Musings
What has your child has been learning in the library, lab, and Makerspace at Julian Curtiss School? Read on.
Kindergarten Exploration in the JC Makerspace
First Grade Explorations in the Makerspace
Second Grade Explorations
Third Grade
Third Grade Explorations
Fourth Grade Explorations
Fifth Grade Explorations
*Building a shake table, a device engineers use to simulate the back and forth shaking of an earthquake
*Designing a building or structure that is stable and sturdy enough to withstand an earthquake
*Testing their building on the shake table to see what happens
If their structure survived, students were challenged to set a new goal for themselves, such as doubling the height of their towers before reattaching it to the shake table.
This hands-on study of seismic energy afforded our fifth graders the opportunity to compare the strength of shapes and materials as well as landmark architecture such as the Tokyo Sky Tree.