5th Grade - Today students learned that Opprobrious means shameful, infamous. The weekly explorer was John Pemberton who developed the original Coca-Cola recipe and sold it as a brain tonic. Students worked to solve a logic problem for the warm up activity. Learning things the hard way was the focus of today's affective lesson. As we get ready to begin the Exploravision project. students watched a video of a product students at Stanford University created from a problem and which is being used around the world. We also created a goals page to help us finish the contest before the deadline. For the Explorations lesson, students had just a few minutes to read about space exploration.
4th Grade - These students learned the word Predilection means a preference for something. The explorer was George Washington also know as the "Father of Our Country." Students worked together to solve a logic elimination grid puzzle for the warm up activity. For the affective lesson, students reflected on past projects they had completed and determined how the past experiences can help them be successful in the future. Students watched a video of an invention students from Stanford University developed to help premature babies in third world countries survive premature births. For homework, students are to ask two adults questions regarding ideas that could be used to help them invent something for the contest. The final lesson centered around Space Exploration. A Surprise in the Middle drawing helped students understand the concept of listening to directions when a photo or drawing of the product was not available.
2nd Grade - The weekly trip to Crystal Pond Woods had students learning about Divergent Thinking. Isabel the Inventor and Yolanda the Yarnspinner encouraged students to write more vivid stories by adding creative, descriptive words that will help readers see what the author is trying to say through their writing.
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