The Marshmallow Challenge!

Today we put students in teams of 3, gave them a few materials, and set the timer for 20 minutes to build the tallest structure with a marshmallow on top! The idea came from:
http://marshmallowchallenge.com/Welcome.html

Students had fun while working well together. After time was up, students wrote a letter to a family member about what they built and what they learned today.
Great job Champions!

Building, working together, problem solving.....

 Later, writing a post card to a loved one about what they learned....

 sharing their post card....

 Reflection Post Cards for all to see...

Welcome to 2014-2015 School Year!

We have just finished our first week of school and have already completed two projects. Yesterday we learned all about the Velella Velella washing ashore at our beaches. Students were able to investigate their own, then write a post card to a friend about what they learned. Awesome day!

http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/08/20/46102/jellyfish-appear-in-santa-monica/

 writing a post card about what they learned....

Getting Ready...

We are working hard to have the best 2014-2015 school year be the best yet! I cant wait to meet all my new student "Champions"!

Grant Winner

Impact II with Amgen as the sponsor! Go DATA!

http://www.vcoe.org/sc/ImpactII.aspx
http://www.vcoe.org/Portals/VcssoPortals/sc/Impact%20II.pdf

Harvest of the Month!

Each month students get to try some new tasty fruits and veggies. The harvest of the month for February is Roots! Check out the students enjoying some tasty treats!

http://www.venturausd.org/childnutrition/thehealthyschoolsproject/harvest_of_the_month.htm

Lego GoKarts!

Students studied, researched, built and raced Lego GoKarts. It was a fun way to introduce Project Based Learning before our big project this year. One of the guiding questions of this project was: "Do smaller or larger wheels make the GoKart faster? Why?"

Below are the Champion students researching, building and racing!
Go!

 

 

 

 

....And the winner is....

All of them for having fun while learning!

Go DATA

Something to be proud of!
http://msapcenter.com/granteecorner.aspx