Monster Puppets

First graders made these monster puppets. They will soon write a puppet show to perform with them. Right now they are writing field guides to their monsters.

4th Graders Research Bees

These fourth graders are learning about bees in order to discover how a swarm of bees would know that their queen is locked in a car.

A TV News Show about Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

This video was created by three third graders at Academy School.

Kindergarten Engineering: Using Pushes and Pulls to Rescue My Dad's Favorite Hat

The kindergarteners in all three classes have been learning about pushes and pulls. They used that learning to come up with some ideas for how to rescue a hat from the middle of a buffalo pen without going into the pen. First they planned their strategy with some drawings. Here they are in the woods testing out their ideas.

1st Grade Engineering: Building a Defense for a Food Supply

The first graders learned how plants and animals use spikes and spines, armor and shells, and camouflage to protect themselves. They used that knowledge to design and build models for protecting a food supply that could be left outside in the woods. Here are several of their models and some action shots of them building them.

Pollinator Pins Update

The second graders had a great time selling pins at the Farmers' Market. They sold the rest of the pins at Academy School over the last few days. We raised over $250 dollars to buy flowering plants for our school garden!!!!

These kids are busy planting a butterfly bush. We can't wait to see how much the butterflies and other pollinators like the new plants.

2nd Graders Want to Help Pollinators

The second graders have learned all about pollinators and how bee populations are declining. They wanted to help by planting flowering perennials in our school garden. To raise money to buy the plants, they made pins to sell at the Brattleboro Farmers' Market. Here's their commercial: