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2014-2015

 

 

LEGO WeDo

 

This school year, students participated in STEM Lego WeDo Computer challenges. Building robots using Legos by following instructions on the computer. Using the special Lego blocks, which were then plugged in via USB /flash drive, students tested their model to watch it move. There were about 10 different models made and application worksheets to follow.

 

      

 

         

 

  AVERY ISLAND FIELD TRIP  

 

 

1st 9 weeks:

 

3rd-4th graders: Unit: Crossing the Land to Freedom

* Underground Railroad, Slavery, Literature Connection/Technology

 

5th-8th graders: Unit: Media Blitz

 

 

 

 

 

2nd 9 weeks

 

Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad continued

 

Civil Rights Movement

 

Literature, Art, and Research on Rosa Parks

 

Nonviolent protests (5th-8th grades)

 

                                                                                    

3rd 9 weeks:

Civil Rights Movement continued

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ruby Bridges

Lincoln Memorial

 

            4th 9 weeks

Civil  Rights Movement continued

Tabasco and Avery Island