Our students are getting used to sharing their work with other students and principals.  This past week we have had several visitors come see the work our students are doing in InTECC.  Will and Shawn shared their 3D Minecraft cell creations from our last project and everyone was impressed!  I am so proud of our students and how hard they are working to further their learning!

We received our letters from our pen pals in Rwanda.  Students loved reading and sharing their pen pal letters!  We have big ideas for fundraising for school supplies for our pen pals!

We were so lucky to have published author Janice Hardy come visit our class and talk about the writing process and how she gets her ideas.  The students enjoyed asking her questions about getting stumped, stuck, and how to get a book published.  Our students had so many great starter ideas for possible books they would like to write!

Our newest addition to the InTECC lab is here!

Our iMac has finally arrived!  

Students will be able to use these programs to enhance their next InTECC project!

Cells and Genetics iMovie

Students did an excellent job presenting their research and new learning for cells and genetics.  This was their second project this year and I have seen extreme growth in their skills working together as well as using new technology to create their final products!  The iMovie below is a short clip of everyone's presentations.  

Enjoy!

We had a great time today on our field trip to the Cyclorama!

Today we looked at some cat blood and ear mites samples under the microscope.  Thanks to Will's mom for sending in these items for us to learn about and enjoy!

 This is the class picture we took today that we are sending to our pen pals in Rwanda with Judah's dad!

Cells and Genetics Projects

For this InTECC project, students were asked to reach out to someone in the community to interview.

One group used Skype to talk to a pathologist and other group had a cancer survivor come in for an interview.  We also have students creating cells using Minecraft in 3D and Tinkercad to print out on the 3D printer in the fourth grade InTECC lab.  I am so proud of how deep they are digging into the AKS and we have all learned so much!  

Today we also had a reporter from Gwinnett Daily Post interview a few students about their projects and he also took their picture!  The article should be published in the next week so be looking for it!

Will creating cell using Minecraft.

 Boys working on their cells in Minecraft.

 Edwin looking at a dog's blood sample from a vet.

 Nick using Tinkercad to design a cell to print on the 3D printer.

 Clay models for museum.

 Using Skype to interview a pathologist.