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Metal that’s hot and “cold” at the same time
“Cool” experiment in science grades 6-8: Vince and 6 students took 3 pieces of aluminum, one coated with clear nail polish (A), into the bright sunlight. Of course, the bare metal (B and C) gets hot… but looks quite cold in thermal radiation, which we measured with...
Students thank Landmark Mercantile
All of our students had a great visit on April 21st - seeing the many animals, eating ice cream, and having a day outdoors. They gathered paper and colored pencils to make thank-you cards; we think you'll appreciate them, and so will our hosts Jason and Michelle...
Earth Day 2022 all the posters
And here they are!
Earth Day posters 2022
April 25... a bit of delay to avoid the ferocious winds on the 22nd! Our students in grades 3-8 created their individual posters during the week of Earth Day. They're passionate about the environment, rightly so. They put a lot of thought and work into their posters....
Animals, more animals, and ice cream
April 21st, 2022: We just finished 3 half-days of the Iowa Assessment tests, so it was time for a break - a trip to Landmark Mercantile in Mesquite. What's there? For one, a lot of interesting animals, goats, an ostrich, three emus, a pot-bellied pig, longhorn...
Marble mazes by young students
April 1, 2022. Engineering club for grades 1 & 2: students made marble mazes out of Legos, in clever designs. Here two students navigate theirs with a marble. Shades of the 1950s! Thanks to our engineer club volunteers Elizabeth Brasher, Jessica Houston, Erin...
Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo
March 19, 2022. Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo! Morgan and Alex, 5th-graders. took the competitive exam on Saturday, March 19th, on the NMSU campus. This is an international competition, and an event aimed at fun in solving math puzzles of high order. In...
Beautiful cursive
March 15, 2022. Our students have been learning cursive writing for years. Today that gives them a bit of a superpower. They can take notes faster than by printing. They can read many historic documents. They'll be able to write checks and read them. Then, there's...
Kindergarten with art
March 2, 2022. Teacher Katie Bushma engaged our 8 kindergarten students in creating art. They get a full and enjoyable program of handwriting, reading, spelling, math, music, art, Chinese, and Spanish.
Engineering club – egg drop test
February 28, 2022. See if your parachute works to protect your raw egg dropped from our little viewing platform. Our students in grades 3-8 had a good day, in yet another biweekly run of our engineering and Legos club. Teacher Elizabeth Brasher founded the club,...