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6th, 7th & 8th Grades: First Snow Hike
It was fun to take the oldest students on a hike during the first snow of winter, just like they did when they were in early childhood!
It was fun to take the oldest students on a hike during the first snow of winter, just like they did when they were in early childhood!
This year in geometry we are looking to apply the relationships and patterns observed in geometric drawing to every day situations and problems like finding the perimeter of structure to be created, or the area of kite that needs new…
Each student presented a tradition from a country in North or South America as part of their most recent geography block.[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="161" gal_title="20171124-678-Geography"]
The 6th, 7th and 8th Graders prepared beautiful lanterns for our Grades Lantern Walk last week.
The sixth, seventh and eighth graders are exploring the geographic regions of North America. In this block they are looking at the physical and cultural geography of the American continents, region by region and people by people. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="151" gal_title="20171110678Geography"]
"The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself." —Bertrand Russell
DVWS alum Matthew R. stopped by for a visit on a day off of school and helped some of his old schoolmates study for a writing test.
As part of our investigation of heat we dyed one flask of hot water red and inverted it over another flask of the same size filled with cold water. We observed that in this position the hot water remained in…
As we wrapped up our exploration of Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages each student took a chance to share the biography of a historical figure from these time periods. Some summarized the life of their figure while others brought…