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Sustainability: Candle Making
Our unit on embryonic development has come to an end and making candles was a great way to celebrate (candles were originally used to...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 25, 20201 min read
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Sustainability: Egg Candling
We have embryonic action happening this week! After candling our chicken eggs, students discovered that only three eggs showed no...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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Sustainability: Incubating Eggs
The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! The eggs are in their incubator and Upper Elementary students where the hens for...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 11, 20201 min read
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Sustainability: Egg Lab
After fall break, we will begin the exciting activity of incubating eggs. Before we launch into embryonic development, it is helpful to...
kathleen McIntyre
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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Pickling Day
Dr. Montessori emphasized the importance of using real tools and engaging with purposeful activities. This fosters young people’s...
kathleen McIntyre
Sep 13, 20201 min read
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The science behind food preservation
By understanding the conditions in which bacteria thrive, students could solve the problem of how to eat a locally grown cucumber at...
kathleen McIntyre
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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Sustainability 101
What is Sustainability? I ask this question often. Students offer lots of examples, but I want to make sure they understand the why...
kathleen McIntyre
Aug 30, 20201 min read
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Social Emotional Learning
What is most foundational to who we are as a school community is the social-emotional well-being of our students.
kathleen McIntyre
Jan 20, 20202 min read
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Civic Engagement
Our students' enthusiasm and commitment for making this community and world a better place is inspiring. Since the start of this school...
kathleen McIntyre
Jan 6, 20203 min read
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Connecting the Pieces
Our focus for the past couple of weeks has been bacteria, with the end game of understanding the microbiology of our aquaponics system. ...
kathleen McIntyre
Nov 20, 20191 min read
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Is Davidson Recycling Right? DGS found out!
This week, Middle School Students presented to leaders in Davidson on the information they gathered along with lower elementary on if...
kathleen McIntyre
Nov 17, 20191 min read
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