Science Leadership Academy Middle School
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Classroom Updates
Voyagers and Pathfinders: Learning to Make a Difference, One Vote at a Time
This year, Voyagers and Pathfinders have been exploring what it means to be part of a community and how we each impact the world around us—both individually and collectively. In our second unit, the focus shifted to something that affects us all: elections. We’ve been learning not only the history of the election process, but…
Zephyr Shark Dissection
Zephyr science classes for grades 7 and 8 recently dissected sharks. We are learning about levels of organization in living things, and we focused on organs and organ systems for our lab time and modeling. For the argumentative writing portion of this project, we are explaining whether we should make artificial organs in the future,…
What’s New In Pathfinder/Voyager Humanities
Walk into a Voyager or Pathfinder Humanities classroom any of these days and you will see one of four things: 1. Students engaged in small group or independent reading as they enjoy their book group books. All of our books tell stories with a focus on the LGBTQ community, as voted on by our classes….
Founding Class Mural Complete
Our founding class of students (now 7th graders – how did that happen so quickly?) has been hard at work in Techsplorations learning about digital fabrication and how to use our new Carvey CNC machines. Students had a blast using both rotary hand tools and the much more precise Carveys. Our culminating project had students…
Museum of Current Events Reflection
Happy New Year! In Voyager and Pathfinder Humanities we’re still beaming over the hard work students put into their “Museum of Current Events.” The day was an outstanding success. 5th and 6th graders helped educate our 90 7th graders and more than 60 family members. The museum opened with a presentation from the Welcoming Committee…
You’re Invited – Museum Of Current Events
Mark your calendars! On Tuesday, December 18th from 1:15-3:00 SLAMS will be hosting the first ever Museum of Current Events! Students in 5th and 6th grade have been working hard to learn about key issues that affect their communities. They are taking what they’ve learned and are turning into a museum exhibit. Projects include websites,…
Current Events in our Communities – Voyager and Pathfinder Humanities
Voyagers and Pathfinders are deep in their third Humanities unit: Current Events in our Communities. For this project, students started by determining what current events affect them and their communities. They created this list through a series of activities including chalk talks, four corners, partner interviews, and a digital gallery walk of procon.org. Students came…
Projects in Humanities
Congratulations to all Voyagers and Pathfinders for turning in their first Humanities project of the year! On Thursday and Friday this past week, 5th and 6th graders shared their completed projects with their peers. These projects were written pieces that profiled who students are in school and out of school. Students detailed the communities they…
5th & 6th Grade Science Updates
Through the craziness of schedule changes and back-to-school buzz, SLAMS fifth and sixth graders are getting started on asking the question “how does the Earth change?” We have finally set up our science notebooks where will be documenting our notes for the year. As we explore our earth’s past and how it continues to change,…