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kathleen McIntyre
Jan 7, 20211 min read
Sustainability: Riparian Zones
Riparian zones are intriguing and valuable ecosystems, which happen to be an essential part of your child’s experience at DGS. Throughout...
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Derek Henig
Dec 18, 20202 min read
Upper El (12/14-18): Rocket Fuel & Snow
We had a lot of fun in our last week before break. We did an experiment to help with our Bottle Rocket project (which we'll start when we...
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Derek Henig
Dec 11, 20201 min read
Upper El (12/7-11): Chemistry & Us
This week, we explored how chemistry and chemical energy is at work in our bodies. We also dedicated extra time towards our Science Fair,...
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Derek Henig
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Upper El (11/30-12/4): Spy Week
This week, in the afternoons, was denoted as "spy week." Our weekly story prompt was "spy," we learned how to make invisible ink and...
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Derek Henig
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Upper El (11/16-20): Making Molecules
This week we repeated the writing assignment of writing speeches, learned how to make molecules, and felt the difference between...
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kathleen McIntyre
Nov 15, 20201 min read
Sustainability: Maps and Chicks
We continued our study of maps this week by focusing our attention on topographic maps. Students learned about contour line...
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Derek Henig
Nov 13, 20202 min read
Upper El (11/9-11/13): Chemical Energy!
* We also had a Falcon right above us during class on Monday. Not the best picture, but it was so cool! This week, we introduced our new...
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Derek Henig
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Upper El (11/2-6): Launch Day!
This week was a lot of fun! Students completed their two-week story, we finished our unit on Elastic Energy, and we launched our...
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kathleen McIntyre
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Sustainability: Map and Compass
Our Middle School has begun its micronation project. Mapping their “nation” is one aspect of this collaborative project. Taking the...
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Derek Henig
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Upper El (10/26-30): Elasticity and Building
*I forgot to take pictures during class again! But, I took a few of our group with Ms. Kathleen and our new Chicks... so that has to...
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kathleen McIntyre
Oct 25, 20201 min read
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...
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kathleen McIntyre
Oct 18, 20201 min read
Sustainability: Egg Candling
We have embryonic action happening this week! After candling our chicken eggs, students discovered that only three eggs showed no...
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kathleen McIntyre
Oct 11, 20201 min read
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...
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kathleen McIntyre
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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...
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kathleen McIntyre
Sep 13, 20201 min read
Pickling Day
Dr. Montessori emphasized the importance of using real tools and engaging with purposeful activities. This fosters young people’s...
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kathleen McIntyre
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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...
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kathleen McIntyre
Aug 30, 20201 min read
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...
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kathleen McIntyre
Feb 5, 20201 min read
Bunny Love
We have two new amazing DGS community members, who happen to be super fluffy. This week, each group has been learning about how to care...
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kathleen McIntyre
Jan 22, 20201 min read
Seeds... art and getting ready for spring
This week in Primary, students learned about cold stratification of seeds. Certain seeds need to cold to germinate, to experience winter....
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kathleen McIntyre
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Social Emotional Learning
What is most foundational to who we are as a school community is the social-emotional well-being of our students.
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