| Blountville Elementary Students Explore Water Cycle Through Growing Crystals |
  Blountville Elementary Elementary's Second grade grew crystals as part a STEM lesson. Students explored the water cycle. They learned about the effects and changes caused by evaporation, and condensation through informational texts and hands on experiences.
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| IA Students Research, Write, Build, and Present About Modern Living |
A Christmas Carol: A Nod to the Mod" was the culminating event for our fifth unit of study, "Modern Living". We utilized the traditional holiday literature, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, as the basis of our transdisciplinary learning experiences. Our students adapted the script, made, prepared, and presented this event for our community. Students utilized their scientific and mathematical skills to design and build the set. The students also worked in small groups to research industrialization and urbanization and then adapted the play to highlight important characteristics for various eras throughout history. The purpose of presenting each scene in a different era was to illustrate the effects of industrialization and urbanization and demonstrate how modern living has changed over the past 150 years. Between scenes, students demonstrated their learning with Keynote presentations based on their current studies in science and math.
This culminating event was made possible through a series of projects including our Energy Audit, STEM Through Construction, and Engineers of Style. Overall, the culminating event, "A Christmas Carol: A Nod to the Mod", encompassed all standards and skills taught during the Modern Living Unit in each subject area.
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