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Olmsted moves to 8th Grade!
In March, Tracey Rogers, middle school science teacher extraordinare, was offered a job at the New England Aquarium, a job she just couldn't pass up. Although she was sad to leave her home at NHCS, she passed the torch along to me and let me pick up where she left off.
Teaching 8th grade was quite an experience for me. I taught 2 groups of students for 5 classes each week in addition to the work I continued to do in KIDLAB and in the lower school. I tried to bring as much KIDLAB up to the 8th grade as I could (which at times was hard trying to cart materials from the garden level to the 3rd floor). 8th grade science soon became an exploration of engineering. We talked about forces and motion and learned how different moving systems interact. We explored potential and kinetic energy and studied the relationship between them.
Our two major building units were Rube Goldberg-inspired mousetraps and marble roller coasters. Working in groups and using the engineering design process to drive their work, students used recycled materials to create interactive models, proving their mastery of kinetics and motion.
Teaching 8th grade was quite an experience for me. I taught 2 groups of students for 5 classes each week in addition to the work I continued to do in KIDLAB and in the lower school. I tried to bring as much KIDLAB up to the 8th grade as I could (which at times was hard trying to cart materials from the garden level to the 3rd floor). 8th grade science soon became an exploration of engineering. We talked about forces and motion and learned how different moving systems interact. We explored potential and kinetic energy and studied the relationship between them.
Our two major building units were Rube Goldberg-inspired mousetraps and marble roller coasters. Working in groups and using the engineering design process to drive their work, students used recycled materials to create interactive models, proving their mastery of kinetics and motion.