Student Movie - "The Infection"

5th graders ended the year with the difficult task of collaborating to plan, screen write, film, and direct their own movie using a green screen. Check out the exciting movie, The Infection

Vocabulary Pix

Third graders found visual representations for this unit's vocabulary words. Even though these are words from our Greek Mythology unit, they had to have at least one modern representation for one of their words. Take a peek!

If only I could see that movie!

Today, 3rd grade students chose their favorite Greek Myth and imagined what it would be like if it were a real movie. They then decided what the best parts of the movie would be in order to create a "movie trailer" using iMovie. I know I wish they were real movies! Check them out!

Animoto Vocab Movies

What does a chair, a bbq grill, and a bridge have in common? They are all examples of a deck. Dig in deep to this unit's vocabulary by watching these student-created videos.

WeDo Giants

Did you know that even before electricity was invented, people were imagining "robots"? Stories in Greek mythology refer to a giant Metal monster named Talos who protected the island of Crete. Today third graders designed their own giant and programmed it to scare away possible attackers. Some students even had a chance to add motion sensors. Check out their work - if you dare.

Claymation

5th graders created Didactic stories (story with a moral) today using ipads. They "app-smashed" to create a claymation story first using the app StopMotion, then pulled that into iMovie to add music, sound effects, and titles. MORE COMING NEXT WEEK

WeDo ArtBots 2.0

Fourth graders had a very challenging engineering task today! They designed a robot that can be programmed to create art. There were no plans to follow - they used their knowledge of gears and Lego mechanics in order to build a unique robot. We actually focused on our mistakes today and used what didn't work to figure out and re-design. Check out our "reflect and re-design" projects by watching the video!

Courtroom Cartoons

Students created some real courtroom dramas cartoons today. Using ipad and a fun app called Toontastic, students embedded multiple vocabulary words into the scripts. They used humor and creativity! Check out the creative cartoons!

Animated Flipbooks

This week, 5th graders had a guest speaker! Mrs. Mangum came in to teach them how to use PowerPoint to create flipbooks. Click HERE to check out these creative short cartoons.

Trout Adaptation

Find out more about adaptations of rainbow trout in this short documentary. Created by 4th grade GT.

Wild Trout

Find out more about how rainbow trout survive in the wild. This student created documentary brought to you by 4th grade GT.

Rainbow Trout Habitat

Find out more about rainbow trout's natural habitat by watching this short student created documentary. Created by 4th grade GT.

Fry/Fingerlings Documentary

Check out this student created documentary about rainbow trout fry. Presented by 4th grade GT.

Trout Alevins - The Documentary

Check out the student created documentary about this stage of the trout's life cycle. Created by 4th Grade GT.

Skyscraper Documentaries

Learning is reaching new heights as students research skyscrapers! Check out these documentaries to learn about some amazing architecture and engineering feats.

3rd Grade Lego Construction Stop Motion

Third graders were introduced to the art of animation by using stop motion techniques to build and unbuild an object based on a class selected theme. Our theme was ANIMALS. Check out our animated movie.

Fred's Stop Motion Movie

Fourth graders had an opportunity to help our gummy friend, Fred again. Only this time, they invented the "problem". Students were to write stories with a clear plot and no dialogue. The had to develop characters, decide on materials, and were involved in set-design. Then they produced Stop Motion videos where a problem Fred has is solved. We then "App-Smashed" the videos by pulling the product from one app into another app in order to enhance it with titles and background music. Click HERE to check out these creative short stories.

Fred Sails Around the World!

Fred learned from his mistake! Now he always wears a life preserver around water! Fred has decided to sail around the world. Watch the video to see his big adventure! BEHIND THE SCENES EXCLUSIVE! Check out our third graders hard at work preparing Fred for his journey. To be successful they showed problem-solving skills, collaboration, attention to detail, and creativity as they build, modified, and programmed our Lego WeDo robots.

Coaster Craze

Check out our young 5th grade engineers! They had to design a coaster that they think will be able to come to a stop at the end of the track without flying off.They tried their plan on a coaster simulator and will then be creating 3D models - all while staying under budget! Coaster Craze part 2 Using the design from the coaster simulator, students created 3D models. The challenge: Create a coaster with just enough energy (kinetic/potential) to have the train (marble) make it to the end of the track without going over. Safe brake systems and energy manipulation had to be used to survive this challenge.

Monster Robots!

Today students built robots from a plan,modified monsterfied them, and programmed them. Check out the crazy monster robots!