Tag Archives: student-centered

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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EdTech and PBL in 6th Grade Language Arts

Posted on January 16, 2014 by mpanchuck

Sixth graders were challenged to explore the problem “How can a picture tell a story?” Boys took photographs on their orientation trip to Crane Beach, and selected one from the group pool they felt embodied their experience that day.  Boys … 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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