Science Leadership Academy Middle School
School District of PhiladelphiaThe Water Cycle & Multiplication in STEM
What are the ways water moves and changes? STEM classes have been exploring this question for the last two weeks and are currently creating models that show how water changes and moves throughout the water cycle. Students are also developing their multiplicative thinking as they investigate how much rain falls in a certain place over…
Health Class Update
In Health Class, our students are in the midst of a 25 day Health Challenge. Students picked a healthy habit that they want to try for 25 days such as drinking the daily recommended amount of water, eating fruits and veggies, giving up soda, going to bed early, exercising for 30 mins a day, etc….
Create A Tool
Part way into our bookcase study, students began wondering if they would REALLY get to use power tools (the answer was, of course, yes!) and how these tools worked. From these questions, we began our study of Work and Simple Machines. Grounded in the question, “What tools will help make the work of building a…
Where are we going to keep all the books?
After extensive work researching books students wanted to order for our library and building a budget with our allotted money, students were thrilled when the books finally arrived! It took only a few minutes before students were asking, “Where are going to keep all the books?” This question launched our next project: book case design!…
What’s New In Humanities
This week, both Humanities will be working through the principles of the Black Lives Matter movement. Through reading a variety of fiction and informational texts, they will be thinking and talking about how these principles integrate with the 5th grade essential question “What makes community work?”
SLAMS Students Win Big At Chess Tournament
This weekend, SLAMS students participated in the Checkmate Violence chess tournament at Temple University. On Saturday, Jayden G., Christopher W., and Sophia C. all had a chance to compete in their first tournament, and while the competition was tough, these three managed to earn SLAMS a 1st place team trophy in the non-rated K-5 section…
Math Lab Begins
Students who are interested in further math exploration will have opportunities throughout the week to join Ms. Hilary and Ms. Ironside for Math Lab. This time will be devoted to skill support, new math puzzles and challenges, and general STEM project work. Math Lab takes place in Ms. Ironside’s room on the 2nd Floor on…
First Chess Tournament For SLAMS
Dr. Joe has been leading the Chess Club at SLAMS. Yesterday, the SLAMS chess team DOMINATED at the first tournament of the season, with many using the 4-move “Scholars checkmate” to defeat their opponents in under 1 minute! Zaid J. lost in his first round, but then played a long game and won his second,…
Conferences & Holiday Break
Next week is a short week for SLAMS students. Monday, November 21 through Wednesday, November 23 are half days for students. Dismissal is at 12:20pm. School is closed Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. SLAMS re-opens on Monday, November 28 with a normal schedule. Report Card Conferences are being held…
Google Classroom and Google Apps at SLAMS
SLAMS students utilize Google Classroom and Google Apps for much of their work here. Parents and students can access these accounts at home from virtually any device connected to the internet. Below are some instructions on accessing these tools outside of SLAMS. On a computer: Google’s tools can be accessed from any web browser, but…