The Carbon Crunch: Climate Change in 6th Grade Science
“In my other opinion, I don’t think so, because the earth goes through natural cycles. Even though I think people have really made a difference …
Middle School
Reason-Able: 7th Grade Math Intensives Grapple with Graphs
“Is it diffusion?” “No, that’s in science! But it sounds like diffusion maybe…” And, “You could count it? I don’t know, somehow count the difference …
Pyramid Scenes: 6th Grade Historians Create Newspapers About Ancient Egypt
“They get married at 12! How is that possible?? They wouldn’t even have gone through all the grades by then. Well, I guess they didn’t …
Up, Up, and Away: Hot Air Balloons Take Flight in 8th Grade Science
“I think the bigger ones will float better because they displace more fluid, which is the air. Also, I’ve seen very big balloons; they work, …
Feudal Doodles: Creating a Coat of Arms in 7th Grade History
“Coats of arms were like a symbol, on a shield, say. If you were in an army, it’s like a way you could recognize [who …
From Act to Zinn: Studying the American Revolution in 8th Grade History
“The Quartering Act was where [British soldiers] basically lived in your home. But also, I don’t get how it was like a tax?” 8th Grade …
Blueberries, Grandmas, and Aging Acrobats: Division Studies in 5th Grade Math
“I need a picture!” 5th Grade Mathematicians on Wednesday analyzed different situations about the same context (groups of people sharing pounds of blueberries) to generalize …
Into the Drink: Ratios and Rationales in 6th Grade Math
“One at a time our volunteers will come up, taste the mixture, and tell us what they observe.” 6th Grade Mathematicians explored liquid concentration this …
8th Grade Writers Look for the Hook
“I get what the point of the ‘hook’ is, to get people to want to read it, but I don’t know what to actually write…” …
The Wonder of Wildfire in 7th Grade Science
“In a book I’m reading in English, actually there’s a tree that needs fire to grow and become full.” 7th Graders are deep in an …