Students Start SimCity

The 7th graders started their virtual adventure today, building a city on the game SimCity.  Boy, oh, boy did I hear a lot of moans and groans about the difficulties of balancing a budget, dealing with taxes, keeping residents happy, and trying to be a good mayor.

Light As A Feather

Stometimes some crazy things happen in the Gifted classroom -- like the students trying out an experiment on other students... and myself (yikes)!

Here is a link to the video:
Light As A Feather

EarthFest Field Trip

In celebration of Earth Day, the 7^th grade Gifted students at East Norriton Middle School spent the day at EarthFest on Temple’s Ambler campus on Friday, April 26^th.  The students spent several weeks working on an environmentally friendly version of our school that was showcased at the festival.  They also spent the day learning about the environment and ways to “go green” from more than 90 different exhibitors. 

 

Busy Wednesday

Yesterday was a jam packed day for the7th grade Gifted students here at ENMS.  Students met with me twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

In the morning, we decorated paper grocery bags for Giant to celebrate EarthDay.  Those bags will be used on EarthDay.  I will have more info as the date gets closer.  Students also continued work on the model we will be bringing to EarthFest at the end of April.

In the afternoon, we had a visit once again from international award winning local author Dr. Jessica Dimuzio.  She worked with students to teach them how to write petitions and exactly how petition writing can get action.

 

Future City Video

Here is the video of students workng on the model and then going to competition!!

Future City Video 2013

Vitalicious Rap Video

Here is a link to the rap song that Randee and Camryn performed at the competition for some of the judges!

Vitalicious -- A Future City Rap

Competition Day!

I can't even begin to explain how proud I am of each and every student who attended the Future City competition over weekend.  The students' hard work throughout the trimester was evidently apparent.  I had many judges/engineers/students/parents commenting to me on how amazing our city looked and how well our students were presenting.  For those students who did not present, their behavior was exemplary and everyone stuck together and had the feel of a close-knit team.  I feel honored to call myself their teacher!  :)

We did not make it to finals, but we did win the award for "Best Thinking Outside the Box" for our work on the model.  I say bravo! 

Here are some photos from the competition!