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Team Updates
Team Updates
5/20 - EMS Orchestra Concert
5/23 - Middle School Move Up Day and 3rd Switch It Up Day. Early Release Day for students (11:30am)
5/26 - No School Monday 5/26 - Happy Memorial Day!
Switch It Up Day 3 Is Almost Here - happening Friday May 23:
Volunteers and Supplies Needed!
PTO Sign Up Genius Link
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050C4DA5AA29A2FC1-56794398-switchitup#/
Options:
You can volunteer your time to
support a teacher-led activity
drive students to an off-site location
supervise lunch on the lawn for the sixth graders staying to usher in the rising 5th graders that afternoon for Move Up Day.
You can donate items like
snacks for everyone
hydration for soccer players
cups - big and small for cold drinks
Most interestingly, you can loan or donate some unusual items like
brain teaser puzzles
knives and cutting boards to make charcuterie boards
random conductive materials for customized game controllers
leftover yarn balls for crochet frogs
On May 6th we had a great visit to the waterfront with Lake Champlain Sea Grant. Students followed an official protocol for searching for microplastics on the beach. They have seen how this global issue also impacts us right here at home in Burlington!
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Science with Ms. Williams
May 5-9
This past week, we explored how sound waves work. We learned that louder sounds have bigger waves (larger amplitude) and cause more movement from the sound source.
Students rotated through instrument stations and experimented with how different forces (like tapping harder or softer) changed the sound. They noticed how bigger movements made louder sounds. We also experimented with a motion detector to reinforce that "bigger movements" create waves with bigger amplitudes- and thus bigger sound!
This upcoming week, we’ll see how changing the frequency of sound waves affects the pitch and how sound travels through different materials!
Grade 7
Grade 7
Week of 5/16
This week students will write and solve one and two step equations. They should expect a quiz at the end of the week.
Grade 8
Grade 8
Week of 5/5
This week students will take a quiz on Exponent Rules. Next, students will learn about Scientific Notation.
Humanities Mr. DeMink and Ms. Hannah
Humanities Mr. DeMink and Ms. Hannah
Week of 5/19
Using Stamped and Racism, Anti-Racism, and You as the foundational text, and many other historical resources, students will...
Analyze and evaluate the impact of intersectional feminism.
Evaluate the systems of capitalism and traditional feminism
Create Artwork that connects the civil rights era to contemporary American issues.
This project was designed by EMS YPAR, and the students were asked to highlight a person of the global majority that is important to them. Check out the fantastic work done by the students on team Infinity!
Students were given a perspective and asked to argue on the potential declaration of Independence!
Students conducted research on the American Revolution and wrote songs that represented their findings.
Week of 5/19
We have had a busy few weeks studying microplastics and connecting this issue to our local community through our visit to the waterfront with Lake Champlain Sea Grant. This week we finished reading our book Trash Vortex which included exploring solutions to this issue. Next week students will begin their final project of creating a Call to Action video!
Ask your students: Tell me about the plastic eating worms! What do you think is the most promising solution to the plastic pollution problem?
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