Isabela Moner & Carl Topilow: Valentine's with the Pops:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=107091
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Birchwood science program featured in Plain Dealer
Ohio schools involved in effort to determine human impact on Earth's climate:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/02/ohio_schools_involved_in_effor.html
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/02/ohio_schools_involved_in_effor.html
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Awards in Reading, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies
5th-8th Reading Classes
Creative Communications just released their list of poem acceptances for their fall anthology. Birchwood School was named an honor school for the amount of qualified poets. 5th grade: 15 poets, 6th grade: 10 poets, 7th grade: 8 poets, 7th/8th split class: 11 poets. Look for these and other creative poetry by the whole class in the hallways during February and March.
Language Arts
Brad S, sixth grader, won first place in the junior prose division of the Ohio Outdoor News Youth Writing Contest with his story, "Squirrel or Not, In the Woods with Dad is the Place to Be". His story and picture appeared in the December 19 edition of the newspaper. He received a cash award and a plaque. The newspaper will also sponsor his story in a national contest, the 2009 Norm Strung Youth Writing Competition.
Science
During the first week of 2nd Quarter the 5th – 8th Grade classes conducted physics experiments with balls for the American National Chemistry Competition. They tested the rebound height and found the kinetic and potential energy in each type of ball.
Nikola and Hassan were selected as the sixth grade winners of the Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society’s National Chemistry week. The will receive a cash prize and they and their parents are invited to a dinner— Education and Awards Night. Congratulations.
In November 25 teams competed at NASA Glenn in the Young Astronaut Day competition. Mr. Farmer and Mr. Nair chaperoned two teams of students. The Pilot team (6th grade) was composed of Brad, Hannah, Hassan, Nicholas, Prithvi, Sanjana, and Vikas. The Commanders, (7/8th) composed of Ben, Carlf, Grant, Jacob, Ilona, LuLu, Nathan, and Sam. Some of their challenges were: in space repair, space shuttle tile design, telescope repair rover races, and balloon races, wind power challenge, airplane designer activity, wind power challenge, constellation rocket transportation, out of sight rover, and constellation rocket transportation. Together the two teams won three first place ribbons and 2 second place ribbons and 2 honorable mention ribbons.
National Geographic Geography Bee
Can you answer these questions? 1) Located northwest of the Niger River Delta, Lagos is one of the largest cities in sub-Saharan Africa, and is the largest city in what country? 2) Danzon, a dance incorporating both European and African music traditions, is an important dance in what island country located northwest of Hispaniola? 3) Saguaro cactus can be found in the Sonoran Desert on which continent? (Answers: Nigeria, Cuba, North America) These and many other questions like them were posed to fourth through eighth graders, as each class participated at the class level of the Geography Bee.
Students participated in seven rounds of questions on both U.S. and world history. Each class competition resulted in two winners: Fourth grade - Prathna K, Darius Z; Fifth grade - Phillip H, Kavya R; Sixth grade - Trevor L, Vikas N; Seventh grade - Mohammed M, Ben W; Eighth grade - Jacob B, Sam J. These ten students then competed in a school level Bee following winter break. The questions were challenging as the students faced stiff competition from one another. After a number of rounds we had a winner. The third place finisher was Kavya R with Prathna K finishing in second place. Our school winner this year is Trevor L! Following his school win, Trevor had to take a very difficult written test to qualify for the state level of the Geography Bee held in the spring.
(Two sample questions: What port city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway? Which ocean contains the cold Benguela Current? Answers: Vladivostok; Atlantic Ocean). Congratulations to all our class winners and our first, second and third place winners!
Creative Communications just released their list of poem acceptances for their fall anthology. Birchwood School was named an honor school for the amount of qualified poets. 5th grade: 15 poets, 6th grade: 10 poets, 7th grade: 8 poets, 7th/8th split class: 11 poets. Look for these and other creative poetry by the whole class in the hallways during February and March.
Language Arts
Brad S, sixth grader, won first place in the junior prose division of the Ohio Outdoor News Youth Writing Contest with his story, "Squirrel or Not, In the Woods with Dad is the Place to Be". His story and picture appeared in the December 19 edition of the newspaper. He received a cash award and a plaque. The newspaper will also sponsor his story in a national contest, the 2009 Norm Strung Youth Writing Competition.
Science
During the first week of 2nd Quarter the 5th – 8th Grade classes conducted physics experiments with balls for the American National Chemistry Competition. They tested the rebound height and found the kinetic and potential energy in each type of ball.
Nikola and Hassan were selected as the sixth grade winners of the Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society’s National Chemistry week. The will receive a cash prize and they and their parents are invited to a dinner— Education and Awards Night. Congratulations.
In November 25 teams competed at NASA Glenn in the Young Astronaut Day competition. Mr. Farmer and Mr. Nair chaperoned two teams of students. The Pilot team (6th grade) was composed of Brad, Hannah, Hassan, Nicholas, Prithvi, Sanjana, and Vikas. The Commanders, (7/8th) composed of Ben, Carlf, Grant, Jacob, Ilona, LuLu, Nathan, and Sam. Some of their challenges were: in space repair, space shuttle tile design, telescope repair rover races, and balloon races, wind power challenge, airplane designer activity, wind power challenge, constellation rocket transportation, out of sight rover, and constellation rocket transportation. Together the two teams won three first place ribbons and 2 second place ribbons and 2 honorable mention ribbons.
National Geographic Geography Bee
Can you answer these questions? 1) Located northwest of the Niger River Delta, Lagos is one of the largest cities in sub-Saharan Africa, and is the largest city in what country? 2) Danzon, a dance incorporating both European and African music traditions, is an important dance in what island country located northwest of Hispaniola? 3) Saguaro cactus can be found in the Sonoran Desert on which continent? (Answers: Nigeria, Cuba, North America) These and many other questions like them were posed to fourth through eighth graders, as each class participated at the class level of the Geography Bee.
Students participated in seven rounds of questions on both U.S. and world history. Each class competition resulted in two winners: Fourth grade - Prathna K, Darius Z; Fifth grade - Phillip H, Kavya R; Sixth grade - Trevor L, Vikas N; Seventh grade - Mohammed M, Ben W; Eighth grade - Jacob B, Sam J. These ten students then competed in a school level Bee following winter break. The questions were challenging as the students faced stiff competition from one another. After a number of rounds we had a winner. The third place finisher was Kavya R with Prathna K finishing in second place. Our school winner this year is Trevor L! Following his school win, Trevor had to take a very difficult written test to qualify for the state level of the Geography Bee held in the spring.
(Two sample questions: What port city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway? Which ocean contains the cold Benguela Current? Answers: Vladivostok; Atlantic Ocean). Congratulations to all our class winners and our first, second and third place winners!
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