Students in Mrs. Elrod's and Mrs. Mitchell's class are taking full advantage of our beautiful weather this week to prepare their spring garden. The students have removed the winter leaf debris and acorns and turned the soil. When they came to the library this week, they learned about seed and plant structure and prepared bean seeds to sprout. Then they worked with Mrs. Groff, Mrs. Elrod, and Mrs. Story to build a worm farm. The nutrient-rich soil from the worm garden will benefit the garden later this spring.
You never know how middle school creativity will manifest at Tinker Tuesday. Do we use our supplies on an engineering project? Or do we eat them?
Ms. Allison's STEM students explore buoyancy by building boats. Goal: see how many pennies your boat will hold and still remain buoyant.
Fifth grade parents are invited to BMS tonight at 6:00 to meet the BMS administration and acquire information about courses available next year. If you can't make the meeting tonight, here's a little information about BMS.
Students in Mrs. Frierson's ELA classes are collaborating on a research project with Mrs. McWhorter's and Ms. Brosz's fifth grade classes at Alkek Elementary. The students began their study today by reading Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco in a video conference with teachers on both campuses taking turns sharing the story with the students. The students will collaborate in Google Classroom on their research of Andersonville prison. Later the students will write letters and dramas pulling details from their research. The study will culminate with another video conference where the students will share exemplary pieces of their writing.
Interested in learning digital animation? Try out Pixar in a Box, a self-directed, free course offered by Khan Academy and Pixar Animation Studios, sponsored by Disney.
In preparation for writing their how-to papers, the 8th grade completed a marshmallow challenge in the library. Teams were given ten minutes, spaghetti, string, tape, and a marshmallow and tasked with building the tallest free standing structure. Great teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving! Seven BMS students are currently exploring 3D design in Tinkercad through Project Ignite. "Project Ignite enables learners of all ages to gain practical hands-on experience with new software and hardware to build literacy in design, 3D, electronics, programming and more." This week the students are learning how to create and modify 3D objects. The colorful interface and workplane make design easy. The students also viewed a video that showed them how to take a digital image, import it into Tinkercad, and print it as a 3D object. The Tinkercad workshop will run Tues, Wed, and Fri this week in the BMS library during advisory.
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