STEM Rec Challenges May 6-10, 2019 Greek Week Music The Greek God Apollo and the Nine Muses. We will talk about poems and write our own! They can have text or just instruments. Come and have fun! Social Studies Game of the Month. Skip Bo- the ultimate sequencing card game. Engineering and Technology Snap Circuits. Bringing back a student favorite! Science Density. Greek week we'll be discussing one of ancient Greece's most famous scientific minds, Archimedes of Syracuse. Archimedes made many significant contributions during his life including his discoveries on buoyancy and density known today as Archimedes principle.
STEM Rec Challenges January 2 - 4, 2019 Science Marie Sklodowska Curie . We'll wrap up our unit on the Nobel prize by talking about one of its most successful laureates. In the past 118 years that the Nobel prize has been awarded just over 600 individuals have won a Nobel prize in the sciences (Physics, Chemistry, or Physiology and Medicine). And only one person has ever won a Nobel prize in BOTH Physics and Chemistry. Arguably one of the most hard working and successful scientists in recent history, this week we will learn about the life and discoveries of Marie Curie. Literacy Happy Dreamer . Literacy will be discussing dreaming big and then setting goals to help us accomplish our dreams. The lesson will be focused around the book "Happy Dreamer" written by Peter H. Reynolds. Social Studies New Year Traditions . How do other cultures celebrate the start of a new year? Students will explore traditions from around the world and then make their own 20