Category: Pictures

Minimalist Book Covers

April 22, 2015 / Mr. Fitz

After completing our novels my students were challenged to redesign their book covers, but in a minimalist way. This assignment is based on the DS106 assignment (specific assignment link) from University of Mary Washington. My students exceeded my expectations with their final products. My students each have a Chromebook assigned to them. The students built their final products in Google Draw. A couple of students used single pieces of clipart on their new covers. After they designed their covers they had to defend their design decisions on their blogs. Below are some of the covers that have been turned in.

Valentine’s Day Relays

February 16, 2015 / Mr. Fitz

The 5th grade team is always trying to keep our parties entertaining for our 5th graders. At Halloween the kids had to move as many candy corns from one cup to another with chopsticks. For Valentine’s day, the kids had to move candy hearts from one cup to another but sucking them up with straws. The competition was friendly but intense. After the top relays from each class met up, Ms. Pinckney’s class were crowned the champs.

Reflection Lab

February 4, 2015 / Mr. Fitz

Room 661 took their best shot with lasers and the study of reflection and refraction. We are working on how light interacts with the world around us. We defined reflection and refraction and talked about how we use reflections every day. The students were split into collaborative groups that were challenged with hitting targets that were placed around the room, including on the ceiling. The placement of the targets and the direction that the students had to aim their lasers (see directional arrows under the stools) forced them to use mirrors to reflect the light around the room in order to hit the targets. A dark room + laser pointers + mirrors + awesome teamwork + targets with bullseyes = Science fun!