Science Leadership Academy Middle School
School District of PhiladelphiaCategory: Student Projects
Should It Stay or Should It Go? Students Examine The Electoral College System
In their most recent project, 5th and 6th grade humanities classes explored the system of the Electoral College. We examined its historical origins, the ongoing debates surrounding its effectiveness, and how the system’s racial implications have shaped such a complex tool of our democracy. Each student crafted a research-based argument about whether the Electoral College…
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,…
Bravery In The Neighborhood 2023
Yesterday, SLAMS 5th and 6th grade students and their families embarked on our interactive walk for the Bravery In The Neighborhood unit. Students worked hard researching and writing about local spots where individuals or groups showed bravery, and then transformed their research into podcasts. Each podcast was added to an interactive Google Map, and groups…
SLA-MS Inquirer – Issue 2
Welcome to the second issue of the SLAMS student newspaper. Click the image or link below to open the issue as a PDF. The SLA-MS Inquirer – Issue #2 (3)
SLA-MS Inquirer, Issue ONE
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the SLAMS student newspaper. Click the image or link below to open the issue as a PDF. SLA-MS Inquire Issue 1_Online
Bravery In The Neighborhood – Walking Tour 2019
Today is the day! Join us on our walking tour of West Philadelphia as we celebrate Bravery in the Neighborhood! You can enjoy the audio walking tour in person or at home by accessing our interactive map of the neighborhood below. Map not working? Go to: https://twitter.com/hilarywhamilton/status/1202361678937174017 Audio not working? Search “Bravery in the…
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…
Current Events Museum – Stella
Hello, my name is Stella Viscelli and I go to SLAMS. In my Humanities class we are working on a project about issues and problems many are facing in the world today. The project I am working on is about Gender Inequality. This was just one of the many outstanding topics that our class is…