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Have you eaten a dinosaur lately?
24 February 2020: Our students in grades 1&2 get a science lesson from Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our Head of School. Here she takes the stance of a bird to demonstrate how birds and lizards use their legs differently… all in the course of explaining the evolution of...
Growing bacteria in science class
21-27 February 2020: Our students in grades 5-8 grow common Escherechia coli bacteria, seeing how long it takes them to divide and double. They also saw that growth at a cool room temperature of 15°C instead of their optimal 37°C (our body temperature) slowed them by...
Young students make robots
21 February 2020: Our students in grades 2-6 build robots in our after-school engineering club. Advisors Jessica Houston, LCA parent, and Elizabeth Brasher, teacher, give students clues about possibilities and help them understand some manuals. It’s intense, and fun....
Young students build bridges
A classic from 18 October 2019: Our students in grades 2-6 build bridges in our after-school engineering club. Advisors Elizabeth Brasher, teacher, and Jessica Houston, LCA parent, give students the task and basic materials that they have to use. They plan, build,...
Open house, March 10th
On Tuesday, March 10th: The Las Cruces Academy is holding an open house, 8-10 AM and 5:30-6:30 PM, at the school, 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, in the morning observe students in classes and at play, and...
Seeing how pizza is made
Monday, 17 February 2020: Seeing how pizza is made in a pizzeria. Our younger students in grades early K through 2 visited Dion’s Pizza on El Paseo Rd. They rode the city bus, another experience, had a tour of the restaurant’s facilities in action, and enjoyed 3...
Valentine’s Day party
Friday, 14 February 2020: Valentine’s Day, of course. Students presented each other with valentine’s cards that they had made and then had a party after the 9th period of classes. The older students arranged games and treats. It was a good break for all....
Elephant toothpaste
Monday, 10 February 2020: we turned the famous elephant toothpaste demonstration into a real science experiment, in our grades 5-8 science class. The demo is just the mixing of hydrogen peroxide solution with yeast so that the catalase enzyme in yeast rapidly breaks...
Lunar New Year 2020
27 January 2020. On our first class day after the Chinese New Year, we celebrated the holiday. Teacher Yulin gathered the food and the dragon costume, older students helped serve the food, all the students enjoyed the meal and the dragon parade, and teachers took...
Engineering – a wind turbine
The Engineering Club. 17 January 2020. LCA parent Jessica Houston challenges willing students to find the efficient way to operate a wind turbine, in this case, a windmill. The turbine’s rotation winds a string on a narrow shaft in order to lift a weight, here, a...