This year we are excited to start a special technology-focused program for our middle-school students. We started the year with an introduction to computer programming using SCRATCH – a graphically based system created at MIT for teaching basic concepts and enabling students to create their own interactive games, stories, and […]
Monthly Archives: March 2018
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After studying the anatomy of our legs and feet and the mechanics of motion, we asked our students to design and create their own shoes using cardboard, tape, and other recycled materials. Their shoes needed to provide the functionality of a basic shoe — protection, improved stability & balance, increased […]
Following up on our our study of the components and functions of the eye, our middle-school students got to examine them up close by dissecting cow eyes. After discussing how to safely perform dissection, the students were able to expose and examine the parts of the eye including the lens, […]
Continuing with our study of Forces and Motion, we created “Marble Mazes” to demonstrate gravity, inerita, and momentum. Students designed and created “tilt mazes” and then moved marbles through them using gravity. Did your marble roll too quickly and fly off the maze? That’s because the marble had too much […]