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November 24, 2020
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Seventh-graders Take Virtual Field Trips
Although they were apart, the seventh-grade class took two virtual field trips on Nov. 20. In the morning, students enjoyed a visit with the Cincinnati Reds Program. Ken Freeman, education and programming manager at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, asked students to create a fantasy baseball team using statistics and salaries of players based on information from the 2019 Major League Baseball Season. Students created a nine-man team after comparing players’ strengths, weaknesses, and salaries, and they presented their team at a press conference. Students used math to figure out which group had the best team. In the afternoon, Sophia Herrmann, aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Zoomed with students to discuss her career path and her current work driving the Curiosity Rover on Mars. Herrmann said she has always had a passion for space. She attended the University of Cincinnati and studied aerospace engineering and completed co-ops at NASA. Students had the opportunity to ask Herrmann about her career and space.
Eighth-grade French Students Create “Le Photo Roman”
Eighth-graders in Jacky Kalubi’s French class recently took a dive into digital storytelling. Kalubi asked students to create “le photo roman.” “It is a mix between a graphic novel, a comic book, a photo album, a scrap book, and a telenovela,” she said. Students took several photographs that, when put together, told a story. After taking the photos, students projected them onto the board and described action and dialogue for each panel in French. Students were asked to use not only proper conjugation, but also fun onomatopoeias to enhance their stories.
Eighth-graders Explore Robotics
Eighth-graders in Karen Glum’s exploring computer science class recently became the first class to use the Middle School’s new Hummingbird Robotics Kits. The kits include lights, motors, and sensors for students to create their own robots. “For the assignment, students were tasked with designing, building, and programming a robot or robotic display that incorporates a minimum of one sensor and three outputs, such as movement, light, or sound,” Glum said. “The programs students write to control their robots had to include a loop, a variable, and a conditional statement.”
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Five Stingers Sign to Play in College
Five Stingers from the Class of 2024 signed their letters of intent to continue their athletic careers in college.
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