fifth grade projects
Provide a brief overview of teaching themes and learning strands for the year here.
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Athens ScrapbookStudents imagined themselves as tourists in ancient Athens, and conducted the research necessary to create illustrated scrapbooks describing what they saw and learned about the Golden Age of Athens. Within a list of required elements, students were given the freedom creatively express their owns views on the time, place and culture.
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gear mechanicsTaking the study of simple machines a step further, students in Mrs. Schmitt's and Mrs. Robert's classes developed advertisements to promote their machines. Students took on the role of salespeople as they pitched their lawnmowers, egg beaters, windmills and paddle boats. Each group created their advertisement, developed catchy slogans and put pizazz into their presentations.
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Starbase academyThe fifth grade is participating in the STARBASE Academy at Hanscom Airforce Base giving students a hands-on, inquiry based STEM learning experience. During the five day program students engage in activities centered on engineering design, mathematics, chemical reactions and Newton's laws. In one activity students worked in teams using a CAD program to design a route and control a programmable car's direction along a floor map. If the car veered off the road, hit another car, or the pit crew, the team would have to go back and adjust their route. Ms. Cutting's class was the first group to attend.
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