May

6th Grade:

Unit:  Foresnic Science
Activities:

• CSI Online - students become virtual crime scene investigators taking on the various jobs in the forensics field.  Here they answer questions, apply their knowledge, and discover clues to solve different types of cases (Critical Thinking)
• Anatomy - Students learn about the parts of an organ.  For this year, we are studying the eye.  This is important because it is a major organ of the body, and has an appropriate amount of parts and descriptions for students to learn and apply their knowledge to their own lives (Collaboration, Critical Thinking)
• Dissection - To compliment the anatomy piece, students dissect a cow's eye. This is because a cow's eye is similar in parts and structure to the human eye.  Students will take what they learned about eye anatomy and apply it to the cow eye throughout the dissection (Critical Thinking, Communication)
• Logic - Students use deductive reasoning skills to put together stories based on clues and deduction skills (Critical thinking)
• Students invent the next generation of CSI tools using a Model Magic medium (Creativity)

7th Grade

Unit:  Our Planet
Activities:

• Students completed a digital breakout based on food waste (Critical Thinking)
• Students created a PSA on a global issue such as pollution, overpopulation, and human health.  Video cameras, backdrops, and Garage Band music software was used within iMovie (Creativity)
• Students viewed a video focusing on the Great Pacific Garbage Island.  This discussed the harm humans are doing with throw-away plastics (Communication)
• Students answered questions non-linguistically using LEGOs.  Anna Explains what she values most in her life through this LEGO Build (Creativity)

8th Grade

• Students participated in an optional activity of Lip Sync Battles. This activity is a rite-of-passage for our kiddos since they are the only ones who get to do it (Creativity)