Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ancient Africa Murals

Students have spent a few days learning about and discussing the ancient African civilizations of Ghana and the Nok cultures that gave rise to the Bantu language.  Working in groups, they created "murals" based on what they learned.  Today, we hung their art work in the school cafeteria.  They are unique, beautiful, full of meaning and symbolism.  Take a look.



Sunday, February 13, 2011

Guayquil, Ecuador

As we welcome the delegation from Jefferson School in Guyaquil, Ecuador, I thought it would be fun for students to see a video of the city of Guyaquil. It is a very pretty place...

Monday, February 7, 2011

Phases of Mitosis

Several students were absent last week when we watched the youtube video on the Phases of Mitosis.  I have excused the work, but I encourage you to watch the video as it contains a very good and detailed explanation of Mitosis.  The best way to watch this is to try and duplicate his diagrams/illustrations as he talks...