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Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on February 5, 2010 | No Comments

Celebrate Arizona! is a unique and innovate way to teach fourth graders at Ward Traditional Academy about the several cultures and time periods of Arizonas history. Each year the students produce and perform a 35-minute musical incorporating social studies and the musical elements. Using their Arizona history text as a guide, the children learn about Native Americans, Spanish culture, pioneers and mining. While learning history and preparing for the musical, students helped create dances and learned some sign language that coincided with musical numbers, musical elements and instruments.

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Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on December 27, 2009 | No Comments

Shannon Arroyo of McKemy Middle School with "Power through Persuasion" Seventh-graders had a chance to enter the world of working professionals when they took on the role of an advertising executive. For this project students researched information about a product or important invention used daily, such as the zipper, microchips or vacuum tubes. Students then used their writing skills to write a process essay and a persuasive speech.

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Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on November 22, 2009 | No Comments

Kori Platts of Connolly Middle School with "All About Animals" This project allows sixth-graders an up close and personal look at the body systems of various vertebrates and invertebrates. The students begin by reading about each type of animal and drawing diagrams of the body parts and systems. After that, they get to dissect the animal for themselves. The lab gives students a way to get involved in classroom activities and class attendance is usually perfect during lab days....

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Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on October 3, 2009 | No Comments

Collette Keime of Connolly Middle School with "Building a Motor" This lab exercise teaches sixth-graders how to build a motor to understand how motors convert energy into motion. Students build magnets and circuits to learn how energy flows. The lab is very hands on and a motivating activity for students of all ability levels.

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Connolly Middle School - All About Animals...

Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on July 3, 2009 | No Comments

Kori Platts of Connolly Middle School with "All About Animals" This project allows sixth-graders an up close and personal look at the body systems of various vertebrates and invertebrates. The students begin by reading about each type of animal and drawing diagrams of the body parts and systems. After that, they get to dissect the animal for themselves. The lab gives students a way to get involved in classroom activities and class attendance is usually perfect during lab days....

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McKemy Middle School - Power through Persuasion...

Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on May 29, 2009 | No Comments

Shannon Arroyo of McKemy Middle School with "Power through Persuasion" Seventh-graders had a chance to enter the world of working professionals when they took on the role of an advertising executive. For this project students researched information about a product or important invention used daily, such as the zipper, microchips or vacuum tubes. Students then used their writing skills to write a process essay and a persuasive speech.

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Ward Traditional Academy - Celebrate Arizona...

Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on May 23, 2009 | No Comments

Celebrate Arizona! is a unique and innovate way to teach fourth graders at Ward Traditional Academy about the several cultures and time periods of Arizonas history. Each year the students produce and perform a 35-minute musical incorporating social studies and the musical elements. Using their Arizona history text as a guide, the children learn about Native Americans, Spanish culture, pioneers and mining. While learning history and preparing for the musical, students helped create dances and ...

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Connolly Middle School - Building a Motor...

Posted by admin in Tucson Schools on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Collette Keime of Connolly Middle School with "Building a Motor" This lab exercise teaches sixth-graders how to build a motor to understand how motors convert energy into motion. Students build magnets and circuits to learn how energy flows. The lab is very hands on and a motivating activity for students of all ability levels.

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