The Discovery Community has been graced with an incredible bunch of brilliant and talented young people,
and we want to celebrate their accomplishments and honor their achievements and hard work!
This is a page for recognizing Student Success in all its forms. We're proud of you!
March 2, 2023
Congratulations to Discovery students...
• Debra S. (7th grade) • Shae W. (7th grade)
• Rylin W. (7th grade) • Ryan O. (8th grade)
...for their fantastic performance at this year's BCPS District STEM Challenge! Teams from across the district designed, built, tested, and iteratively optimized catapults from everyday materials, and were then scored on three separate metrics: accuracy, distance, and power.
Rylin W., Shae W., Debra S., Ryan O.
The Discovery School Team came in 2nd place 🥈 (and Hebron's team came in 3rd 🥉)! In the High School division, a team from BAMS consisting of Discovery alumni Vincent B., Noah C., Luke S., and Austin W. came in 1st! 🥇
Congratulations to all the student engineers on their hard work and accomplishments! Read more about the District STEM Challenge here.
January 14, 2023
Congratulations to the HMS Academic Team
for winning the Governor’s Cup District Championships this past Saturday!
Hebron's team won 1st place in Quick Recall 🏆 , remaining undefeated for the year! Additionally…
Arts & Humanities
🥇Jacob M. - 1st place
🥈Waylon W. - 2nd place
🥉Wyatt C. - 3rd place
Language Arts
🥈Jake C. - 3rd place
🥉Rylin W. - 4th place
Mathematics
🥇 Ben M. - 1st place
🥈Arnaldo T. - 2nd place
🥉Ava G. - 3rd place
Science
🥇Gaige D. - 1st place
🥈Jaxon H. - 2nd place
🥉Patrick B. - 3rd place
Social Studies
🥇Jacob M. - 1st place
🥈Waylon W. - 2nd place
🥉Gaige D. - 3rd place
Written Composition
🥇Bailey G. - 1st place
Incredible showing! Great work, everyone! Now it's on to Regionals!
September 16, 2022
7th grade Broadcast Crew getting ready to film!
September 16, 2022
Discovery School is not all serious.
We make time for fun and games, too!
This? This was a spontaneously organized, student-led health and physical fitness break!
(I believe they may have had a Math Quiz coming up next and realized they needed to get their blood pumping and fresh oxygen to their brains!)
jumping jacks.mp4September 13, 2022
Taking advantage of a Teachable Moment.
"Does gas have mass?" (What about helium?)
Instead of simply answering the question directly and spoon-feeding them the information, how about Discovery 6th graders come up with their own way to test and confirm it for themselves?
How could you prove to others that gas does, indeed, have mass? What experimental evidence could you offer? These students put their heads together and got to work. Later, they'll turn their results into a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning paragraph, practicing written communication skills within the discipline.
September 8, 2022
Pretty proud of what our 8th grade Design Squad came up with!
STEM Lab students were tasked with going out into the building and surveying staff to identify a problem in our building in need of a solution. Then they had to brainstorm possible ideas of how to fix it and build a working prototype.
Many teachers reported having issues with the "Emergency" buttons that were recently installed in classrooms. Namely, students and staff kept inadvertently pressing them.
How could we keep these buttons from accidentally being pressed while still maintaining easy access in the event of an emergency?
Students were encouraged to keep their designs clean and simple, elegant and efficient. It had to be made from cheap, readily available materials. You had to be able to build it quickly and easily (to aid in mass manufacture), and to repair it just as easily (so it wouldn't end up as waste).
Here's what they came up with (along with attractive photos showcasing the prototype from all angles, as well as a proof-of-concept test demonstrating how a student couldn't accidentally hit the button with their backpack).
These are now in high-demand and the students are busy building one for nearly every teacher in the building! Excellent work!
September 7, 2022
Putting their learning to work!
After experimenting with the properties of water in the Science Lab, it's time for 6th grade student to apply their newfound knowledge in the STEM Lab. They're working to engineer a raft that can hold as much weight as possible.
They will have to iteratively test and modify their designs to determine the optimal shape and dimensions (given specific constraints and parameters).
At the same time, they get to hone their math skills by practice calculating area, volume, and mass!
August 31, 2022
Breaking out all the lab equipment for this hands-on investigation!
7th grade Discovery students used triple-beam balances and graduated cylinders to measure both regular and irregularly-shaped objects to calculate their density.
Later, they'll use this information to engineer submarines capable of rising, sinking, and remaining neutrally buoyant in water. (Click the image to begin the slideshow.)
August 31, 2022
Water is, in fact, a surprisingly fascinating substance with remarkable and unusual properties! 💧
Discovery 6th graders conducted a hands-on investigation into the physical and chemical properties of water, learning about adhesion, cohesion, surface tension, polarity, capillary action, and Bernoulli's Principle, among other things!
Later, they'll use all this information to design, test, and optimize rafts to float as much weight as possible. (Click the image to begin the slideshow.)
August 31, 2022
At Discovery, we use all the space that's available to us!
Students take to the halls to conduct a hands-on investigation using Slinky's to explore longitudinal and transverse waves and observe the relationship between wave properties such as period, frequency, wavelength, and amplitude. (Click the image to begin the slideshow.)
August 26, 2022
Let's shine a little light on what our 8th grade Discovery students are up to. 💡
Teams applied critical thinking and communication skills to investigate and uncover the identity of a secret agent in their group who was actively working to thwart them!
August 25, 2022
Discovery is where learning takes flight!"🛫
Our new Discovery 6th graders were really soaring to new heights today with the culminating event of our Aviation Engineering Challenge.
Teams researched, designed, built, tested, and optimized a paper aircraft with the goal of launching it as far as possible! Some nearly made it to the North Bullitt High School track and football field! I think we have some future pilots and aeronautical engineers in our midst!
August 24, 2022
At The Discovery School at Hebron, we care about maintaining a healthy, clean, and sustainable planet Earth! 🌍
Our Green Team works hard to help our building limit waste, energy consumption, and litter—not to mention educating us on steps we can take to ensure a sustainable, ecologically-friendly future!
Thanks Green Team for all your hard work! Keep up the good fight!
August 19, 2022
Tik-tok? Or "tick-tock."
Discovery students conduct an inquiry lab to determine how different variables affect the period of a pendulum. Then they'll use that information to create a reliable time-telling device (i.e., clock) and apply the Wave Equation (v = f • λ) to calculate the velocity of "bob" (i.e., the mass).
August 16, 2022
We love it when brilliant minds come together!
At Discovery, students benefit from being surrounded by like-minded students who are serious about learning and serious about pushing themselves to achieve at their greatest potential.
Here, students collaborate to build a "mind map" as an introductory exercise in Science (and compete to see which group can develop the most thorough and comprehensive web).
August 15, 2022
Applying the Engineering Design Process to plan, build, test, and optimize a "zipline" device to safely deliver a payload to a designated receptacle halfway across the room in a crowd-favorite: The Zipline Challenge. Click the image below to see students at work.
August 11, 2022
Starting the year off right with a timeless classic: The Marshmallow Challenge!
18 minutes, 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 yard of tape, 1 yard of string... endless possibilities!
Students practice collaboration, communication, problem-solving, and prototyping as they compete to build the tallest tower. Click here to see all the fun... and learning!
