Continuing their study of acids and bases, Ms. Adams’ Chemistry students performed a neutralization reaction between a strong acid, HCl, and a strong base, NaOH.聽Acid/base neutralization reactions yield water and a salt, in this case, NaCl, common table salt. After performing the neutralization using phenolphthalein to determine the equivalence point, students boiled off the water, […]
The 91猫先生 Upper School competed in the 2016 TAPPS Academic Championships on Monday and Tuesday April 4-5, 2016 in Waco. After 2 days of competition, Winslow Conneen came home with 5th Place for his performance of 鈥淭he Secret Life of Walter Mitty鈥� in Solo Acting and Chesley Kelley advanced all the way to semi-finals […]
First Graders have been working on animal research projects. Teachers and librarian collaborated on a word art project called a “wordle” or “word cloud”. Students聽 first聽 typed a list of describing words about the animal in a Word document.聽Then, they聽copied and pasted their list into a “wordle” which allows the list to be formatted in […]
This week,聽7th grade students took a trip to the American Freedom Museum for science class. In an effort to integrate history, science, and project-based learning, students used the Presidents and first ladies to learn how genes from a father and mother determine a child鈥檚 appearance. Students noted relatives in the presidency as well as ancestors […]
our PreK classes have been learning all about plants this week, culminating in their planting of a community garden on Friday afternoon. Earlier in the week, students ate a “whole” plant from the roots (a carrot) all the way to the flower (broccoli). Then they also prepared the earth for their planting on Friday! […]
6th grade Humanities students started Lois Lowry’s The 91猫先生r this week. As an introduction to one of the major (cultural) concepts expressed in the novel, students brainstormed and analyzed the pros and cons of several elements of a potential utopia on Earth, including ideas such as the following: *War would not exist. *Everyone would have […]
Mrs. Erin Holloway, 91猫先生 parent, came to our PreK classes to check on our chicken eggs. She showed the kids how to “candle” an egg to see if a chick is inside it and shared about the life cycle of a chicken! It was a fun, interactive experience!
Students in Mrs. Hays 6th grade Spanish class reviewed their Spanish skills in a unique way this week! Using a web-based program is called Plickers, Mrs. Hays created questions with 2-4 possible answers. The students were assigned a number that correlates to the computer generated symbol they used to answer the questions. The symbol has […]
In their physics聽lab this week, students explored Faraday’s Law, a principle that describes how magnetism can create electricity. Starting by wrapping a length of wire around a PVC pipe, each lab group connected the ends of the wire coil to a voltage detector so that they could see when, or even if any electricity was […]
Our Second Grade classes held their annual “Hoedown” this Friday as a culminating event to their study of Texas. Students have worked hard to learn a line dance and showed off their talent for their peers and parents. By the end of the program our parents joined in to learn the line dance as well! […]
Our fourth grade students visited Pine Cove last week for some outdoor education. Students took five, one hour classes for two days. Some of their classes covered Aquatics, Earth Science, Critter Class, Orienteering and much more. All of the classes were hands-on activities with a workbook that required students to generate independent answers. We spent two […]
Lower School Spanish classes revisited a favorite Dr. Seuss book, “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!” and heard the story in Spanish. They learned the word for pocket, bolsillo, and got to invent their own “wocket” and draw a picture of it. Students agreed that it is just as fun to hear silly rhyming words […]