Being Mentors

The Innovators love helping out with the younger students at Seabury. This time they were asked to help out the Ladybugs making marble runs. Great fun was had by all!

Morse Code

The Innovators have begun talking about the Industrial Revolution and the many inventions from that time period that changed the world. We also discussed how The Industrial Revolution began in England then spread throughout Europe and then to America.
We began our exploration with building electrical circuits, including using switches to control the flow of electricity.

We then read about Samuel Morse and the invention of Morse Code. Using circuits with light bulbs and switches each group wrote a message in Morse Code and attempted to relay it the rest of the class.

Science Fair

The Innovators did an exceptional job on their science fair projects both experimental and engineering. Topics included water safety, smart textiles, building barges, the perception of time and wind turbines.They made Seabury proud.

 Smart textiles

 Which is more engaging, traditional or modern toys?

A safe way for kids to learn to use knives

 Testing the perception of time

 Which screen and text colors help retention?

 Testing a wind turbine

 Everything you ever wanted to know about salt

 What's the best design for a cargo barge?

 The Biggest Loser: Kitten Edition

Testing different communities water

Pi Day! 3.14

To celebrate Pi Day 2016 the Innovators did a number of activities to calculate Pi and find how many different ways Pi turns up in the world. We did Buffon's Needle during  math challenge and, of course, made, baked and ate pie. Seabury loves Pi Day!

 

Job Carr Cabin

In conjunction with our study of Westward Expansion the Innovators visited the Job Carr Cabin, a museum of the founding of Tacoma. We learned about travel on the Oregon Trail, why Job Carr came to the area and chose the site for his cabin and pioneer life.
We then toured Old Town Tacoma and heard about the historical buildings before returning to the cabin to try on costumes, play with pioneer toys and even do a craft project. It was an interesting look at life well over a hundred years ago.

Read Across America

Otherwise known as the birthday of everyone's favorite author, Dr. Seuss! The Innovators celebrated by wearing pajamas and cooking and eating breakfast. There was only one small delay in the fun when they set off the fire alarm with burned apples.

Ah well, after a little wait for the fire department to respond, they got down to the important business of eating.

Then it was time for the annual Dr. Seuss Trivia Contest, which the Innovators have dominated over the years. Unfortunately they came up against a very determined kindergarten team who took them down by one point!

 Finally, a photo op with Dr. Seuss appropriate props.