Casey’s been steadily learning about and experimenting with electronics since last year, when he made his first crystal radio.  Two of his projects were on display at Project Sharing this week: a wind generator and a much more complicated radio.

Over the summer Casey got interested in generating electricity with wind power.  This involves lots [...]

It was a beautiful day to take a messy science experiment outdoors. When I asked what they were up to, I got a variety of responses:

“Science!”    “Making glue!”   “We’re doing a science experiment that will blow these cups like this!” (demonstrates)

Pollyanna [the teacher]:  “We’ve been learning about saturated solutions!”

Last week, after students tracked and sorted their trash for a whole week, it was time for a field trip! An article in the Green Times about Fairfax, a recycling company, caught Jennifer’s eye, so they took their recyclables to its recycling center / landfill and had a tour with Jason Tankersley, the [...]

The Track Your Trash project was the subject of reports on both Channel 4 news last night and the Arizona Daily Star this morning.  Take a look here for the article in the Star:

Students weigh effects of trash on our society
By Alexis Huicochea
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

and here for the KVOA story:

Tucson and Southern Arizona news [...]

Check out Aiden’s super-cool tortoise coming to get you! It’s got legs that walk, a tail that wags, and a mouth (with a little turtle tongue!) that opens and closes. He made it out of sheet steel, using “lots and lots of hammering,” says Ed, “and some welding. But mostly hammering.”

Here’s Aiden with his tortoise, [...]

This week students are asking “What do I throw away?”  “Where does it go?” They are saving nearly every bit of trash and garbage they produce for the entire week. (Used toilet paper is the exception.)

On Monday, Jennifer and Heather passed out large plastics bags. Starting Tuesday, every day students are weighing the garbage and [...]

We celebrated Halloween with our usual enthusiasm.  Along with costumes galore, we enjoyed a disco / photo booth / snack bar; a pumpkin walk; non- stop shows in the Disco Room theater; the Mad Hatter’s Tea party; fortune telling; and a haunted house. You can see more pictures and take the Who Wore What? quiz [...]