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Insect Life Cycles
This morning, we had our first Four Winds lesson of the school year: Insect Life Cycles. For the most part, this was a review of Science that we learned in other years at RES, though a review is always...
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Looking for Life
On Thursday, when we met with our buddies in Mrs. Gilbar’s class, we journeyed outside to find signs of life for the Square of Life project. Square of Life is an online collaborative project where...
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A Tour of the Solar System
Before break, students worked with partners to research an object in our Solar System for a mini-research project. Partners were given only two directions: to work collaboratively to research their...
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Collaborative Design (Week 1)
This week, we ventured out of RES and over to CHMS to collaborate with one of Mr. Peterson’s 8th grade Design & Technology classes to design and build our own solar heaters. The 8th graders are...
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Collaborative Design (Week 2)
This week, our work in Technology & Design focused on turning gathering materials and mocking up the designs for our solar heaters. Some groups needed to make some last minute adjustments to...
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STEM Collaboration, Week 3 (#vted, #cesuvt, #resvt)
This week, students continued their design work on their solar heaters, working with the 8th graders to build the project according to plan, mocking it up (to catch mistakes before they glued) and...
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CHMS Collaboration Success (#vted #cesuvt #resvt)
Today was the day…we put our student-designed solar (& wind) heaters to the test by making s’mores. With a few last-minute tweaks, a lot of patience and much jubilation, we achieved 100% success on...
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Sugaring with Slopeside
This morning, the Explorers welcomed Doug Brown of Richmond’s Slopeside Syrup to share with us the process of maple sugaring, with an emphasis on the economics. First, Doug shared with us the sugaring...
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Phillip Peterson, CHMS Design & Technology teacher, and I reflect on our solar heater collaboration experience.
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Maple Sugaring at the Audubon (#vted #cesuvt #resvt)
This free slideshow design customized with Smilebox We spent much of this chilly afternoon enjoying the outdoor classroom of the Audubon Nature Center in Huntington, gathering some more first-hand...
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Dandelions
Did you know that ONE “petal” of a dandelion is a complete flower with all the parts? ‘Tis true…maybe that’s why they multiply so easier on lawns this time of year! That’s just one of the amazing facts...
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For the past two weeks, we’ve been entomologists with our Kinderbuddies! In fact, we’re designing our own insects, complete with habitat and distinct features! Last week, we spent a lot of time...
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