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Expedition Express: What the Cell?! We are finishing up our “What the Cell?!” expedition and starting a native species project that will be displayed at Celebration of Learning. We do not really have any homework for the rest of the year, although many students may need to bring some of their work home with them [...]

Expedition Express: What the cell?! We had an awesome fieldwork experience in the bay. The students did a fantastic job of being professional at all of the stops and kept a great attitude, even during the wind and mist. Thank you to all of the chaperones and volunteers who made the trip possible. I have [...]

Expedition Express: What the Cell?! We are cruising through our biology and genetics expedition in preparation for our fieldwork next week. The students will put their knowledge to the test when they visit Stanford University, Invitae (a genetic testing company), UC Davis Veterinary Genetics, and two museums. After our fieldwork we will shift our focus [...]

Expedition Express: What the Cell?! We are now fully into our spring expedition “What the Cell?!” Before the break, students made a comparison of a cell and its parts, to something else (a city, factory, farm, phone, the Chicago Cubs, etc). I love the creativity many of the students have shown in this assignment. The [...]

The small reprieve from the snow has been nice, but it looks like there is more on the way, so rest up for another round of shoveling and powder skiing! There have been some changes in the calendar that David explained in his email. Please check the updated calendar on the school website for the updated [...]

Expedition Express: Cartographers and Commanders The KidZone Exhibit project is going well. Students are understanding the design principal of success and failure every step of this process, but now that their final product is beginning to take shape, and they are realizing how all of those struggles are paying off. We were very excited to [...]

Expedition Express: Cartographers and Commanders Expedition: Thank you again for making the Bay sailing fieldwork such a great success. We had some challenges along the way (rain, no wind, traffic, change in camping) but everyone handled it very well. I have posted the pictures to the crew website if you would like to get a [...]

Expedition Express Expedition Name: Cartographers and Commanders Grouse Ridge What a great trip we had. I have uploaded all of the pictures from the trip, if you have time, go to this link and check it out. I want to again thank all of the parents that helped to make this fieldwork possible. Again if [...]