Target 1. Student-Centered Learning – FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step – Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students. Last week, BFA students in Mr. Palmer's 8th Grade Science class studied Newton's First Law of Motion: "An object at … Continue reading BFA 8th Grade Students Predict and Test Physics Experiments
BFA Students Mix it Up at Lunch
Target 1. Student-Centered Learning – FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step – Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students. This week at BFA middle school, students participated in Mix it Up at Lunch Day. The event is a national campaign designed by the Teaching … Continue reading BFA Students Mix it Up at Lunch
FES 4th Graders Learn and Write Poetry
Target 1 : Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. In celebration of Poetry Month, fourth grade students have been learning about - and writing … Continue reading FES 4th Graders Learn and Write Poetry
FES 4th Graders Study Science of “Green” Gardening
Target 1 : Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. Four FES 4th graders - Molly, Sebrina, Emily and Sam - decided to … Continue reading FES 4th Graders Study Science of “Green” Gardening
BFA Students Become Engineers During IBM Engineering Week
BFA Fairfax 6th Grade Science classes were pleased to have IBM engineers Callie Chapman (Fairfax alumni) and Tom Chadwick visit during IBM Engineering Week. The visit was part of the wind energy unit. BFA's 5th Grade also recently benefited from this program. Students designed and created miniature wind turbines and measured the voltage results in millivolts. Construction … Continue reading BFA Students Become Engineers During IBM Engineering Week
BFA Students Compete in Poetry Out Loud
Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide recitation contest involving several hundred-thousand high school students representing all fifty states. On March 13th, students from thirty-eight high schools throughout the state competed at the Barre Opera House in front of a standing-room-only audience. The format featured two rounds with eighteen competitors. After each student recited two poems, … Continue reading BFA Students Compete in Poetry Out Loud
FES Welcomes Visiting Scholar from Thailand
Target 1 : Student-Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Increase easily accessible opportunities for global collaboration for teachers and students. As part of the Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University of Vermont, Fletcher Elementary School welcomed Thai scholar Sonrit "Beau" Sangchan earlier this … Continue reading FES Welcomes Visiting Scholar from Thailand
GEMS Students Explore the Sound of Music
Target 1 - Student-Centered Learning: Students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step: Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. Georgia Elementary second grade students have learning about sound in "The Light Bulb Lab." STEM … Continue reading GEMS Students Explore the Sound of Music
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