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6th Grade Cross Curricular Project Kicks off with Hands-on Field Trip

Posted on May 11, 2014 by mpanchuck

On Friday, May 9, sixth grade students enjoyed a day of activities centered around fishing.  This field trip was designed to pique student interest and pave the path to a cross-curricular project focused on human impact on oceans, which will … Continue reading →

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RSS Class Explores Egypt via EdTech

Posted on February 7, 2014 by mpanchuck

RSS students explored Egyptian religion more in depth this past week, researching a god or goddess of their choice and using various EdTech options to create a product.  Students used a research template created in Google Docs to gather background … Continue reading →

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Food Web Collaboration in Fifth Grade (Flipped) Science

Posted on January 13, 2014 by mpanchuck

Fifth grade Science students tackled a food web activity today that was multi-layered. It was designed to first check student understanding of food webs and the concept of interconnectedness, which students explored at home as part of their flipped classroom, … Continue reading →

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RSS Classes Imagine and Animate “Hammurabi vs. Mr. Lew” Conversations

Posted on January 13, 2014 by mpanchuck

The RSS classes were challenged to compare and contrast the Middle School Code of Conduct with Hammurabi’s Code, best known for its “eye for an eye” philosophy. After comparing the codes in a Venn Diagram, boys wrote a dialogue between … Continue reading →

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