Sunday, May 23, 2010
The Start of Math Town...
Roman Mosaics
The floors of Roman buildings were often richly decorated with mosaics- tiny colored stones called tesserae. Rich Romans decorated the floors of their main rooms with mosaics. Students were asked to make a mosaic using colored paper to cover their "tile" a rectangle of white paper. They were told they could use any design they wanted to. Look how colorful they turned out! They are currently posted on our Think Tank bulletin board outside of our room. Come check them out!
Below are some close up examples. They are the work of Luke T, Kiyomi, and Hays.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Ancient Greece crafts
Biography projects
Whirlygigs gone wild!
We are working on gravity in science. We constructed whirly gigs, which are contraptions that fall to the ground and twirl as they fall. Here are Luke and Analiese making their whirly gigs.
Here are Luke, Kiyomi, and Maxine trying out their whirly gigs. After they were done seeing how they worked, they had to come up with a testable question if they changed one variable on their whirly gig.
Teacher Appreciation week
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