Saturday, November 5, 2011

SCSI

What do fake blood, fake vomit, and fingerprints have in common?  They are all Labs in the sixth grade SCSI unit.  Students have been conducting experiments to solve crime simulations.
Blood Typing Lab

Fake Blood

Each student used FACES software to create a police sketch of  a classmate.

Vomit Lab

Vomit Lab

They were tempted to eat the vomit, but you can't taste your lab experiments!

Meramec Caverns Field Trip

The eighth grade Challenge students are creating a documentary about Meramec Caverns.  We toured the caverns to gather our initial research.  They will be conducting interviews with Meramec Caverns employees, and they will be filming more footage on site.  Mikaela was the photographer on the first trip, and she did a fabulous job!
7th and 8th Grade Challenge Students











Friday, November 4, 2011

Singing Horses

If you are down in the dumps, listen to these singing horses!  This is really cute, but you will only be able to take a few minutes of it.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Friday, October 7, 2011

Synergy Comic Book Challenge

Some of the Challenge students are creating comics for the Synergy Comic Book Challenge.  The goal of the challenge is to create a comic book character that promotes the good of our community or society.  Students assign a super power to a protagonist and tell a story about how their character improves the world.











Monday, September 19, 2011

Sky Lab

We had a great time creating our personal constellations.  Challenge students created their very own constellations wrote legends to tell how their constellations ended up in the sky.  The best part was poking holes in the Sky Lab, then viewing them together as we shared our stories.





New Homes for Murray Birds

Garden Lab Learning is underway!  We'd like to thank the St. Clair Rotary Club for donating their time and supplies for our bird houses.  We'll begin our "Nature Unleashed" unit soon.