Calendar Events
May 3 Lower Form Assembly, Dress Uniform; NO Friday Singing
May 10 NO Friday Singing!
May 10 NO Friday Singing!
May 27 Memorial Day - School Closed
May 30 St. Madeleine Sophie Mass, Dress Uniform
May 30 St. Madeleine Sophie Mass, Dress Uniform
May 31 Open House, 1:15 in Homeroom *Come Ready for a Design Challenge!
June 3 Field Day, Fort Winfry Scott Field (in the Presidio)
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
First graders are being introduced to the role of materials engineers. What do materials engineers do?
• Test and explore properties of materials
• Create new materials
• Use materials to create and improve objects
First graders are being introduced to the role of materials engineers. What do materials engineers do?
• Test and explore properties of materials
• Create new materials
• Use materials to create and improve objects
FOCUS QUESTION: How Do Walls Help People?
After thinking about walls and identifying properties that would be important for a wall, girls took a walk around the neighborhood to look at walls. They drew examples of various walls in their Design & Engineering Notebooks. What materials are walls made from? How are walls the same? How are they different?
Wall Walk Around the Neigborhood |
Glass Wall: Apartment Building
    Stone Wall on Webster Street  |
INVESTIGATING EARTH MATERIALS
Girls took a closer look at earth materials: soil, sand, and clay (powder-form). They recorded information about the properties of dry and wet materials in Design & Engineering Notebooks.
| Taking a Closer Look at Dry Materials & Recording Observations  |
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| Data Collection: Dry Materials |
Looking at Wet Materials  |
 Talking With Partners About Wet Materials  Sharing Wet Materials Observations  |
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| Upcoming Lessons Testing Mortar Sandwiches -Soil, Sand & Clay Designing & Building Small-Scale Walls ⏰Demolition Day 1: 5/22 & Day 2: 5/23 Come in at Morning Drop Off, 8:20-9:00 |
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