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The FUNd Stuff at PNA!
- Vol 6
- Feb 25, 2018
- 2 min read
Exciting Science
by Hannah Powell | PNA Beginners Teacher
Science is incorporated into many of the activities we do at school on a daily basis. When the Beginners explore the sensory table, and are dropping corks, stones, feathers, and marbles into a tub of water, they are scientists who are exploring whether objects sink or float. When they lift, shove, stack, and move blocks, they explore weight and size, gravity and forces.
Watch the next video and notice some improvements from the first to the second attempt.
This broadcasting project does not only help students develop communication skills but also their research and collaboration skills. Students worked in different teams each day with a different broadcasting task. They also learned how to approach an adult or an older student for the interview segment. They applied what they learned in science to find information for weather report. In addition, they used their typing skills to type their script in a short span of time. At the end of every broadcasting attempt, students watched their video and reflected on how they could improve.
Sometimes, though, it is fun to do some observable science experiments. These moments are extra special because the Beginners get really excited about the things they are seeing. Last week, we made some "potions" and it was one of those rare moments when every, single Beginner had their full, undivided attention focused on what was happening in the middle of the circle.
Baking soda and vinegar reactions are cool to watch by themselves, but add colors, glitter and soap, it gets so much more exciting.
Postcards from the Classroom
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Coming Right Up
The Three Musketeers
3rd through 8th Grade Musical
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Spring Break
Monday, March 5
through Friday, March 16, 2018
No School
ERB Testing Week
2nd-8th Grade
April 2 through April 6, 2018
Once Upon...
Annual Auction Gala
Saturday, April 21, 2018
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In Appreciation
We are grateful to our corporate supporters and individual donors who help make PNA and independent education possible for students and their families in Anchorage, Eagle River, and the Matanuska Valley. We couldn't do it without you!
John Hardwick and Ral West
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Who's Behind this FUNd Stuff madness, anyway?
The FUNd Stuff Editorial Staff
Jennie Tschappat
Kathy Heinlein
Contributing articles this week from
Hannah Powell
You can find all the blogs here.
The FUNd Stuff is a bi-monthly (or so) publication from the staff, students, parents, and teachers of PNA.
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