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Acceptance

Acceptance

“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.” ~ Albert Ellis Acceptance is the willingness to embrace feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own....
Science Fun

Science Fun

In science we have been learning about environmental factors that cause pollution and the effects of polluted water on the environment. Students are practicing being environmental engineers by addressing a pollution problem in the water and discovering ways to filter...
Code Master

Code Master

ThinkFun has board games and online games that stretch and sharpen your mind. These games make you think while you have fun! In Code Master, your Avatar travels to an exotic world in search of power Crystals. Along the way, you use programming logic to navigate the...
Pigpen

Pigpen

Pigpen – The Pigpen code is easier than it looks and is most students’ favorite. First, draw out the two grids below and fill in the letters. Find out more about this special coding here – Pigpen Code. Try this online conversion. Just type your message and...

Robotics and Math

Students apply math skills such as measuring, addition, charting information and pattern work to program the robot and complete tasks. Here’s a little preview into their work…  
Jelly Doods

Jelly Doods

Are you ready for a jelly challenge? Your job is to combine jelly shapes of the same color by sliding the jellies together.  You must solve the puzzles with a limited number of moves.  Basic rules for Jelly Doods: Connect jelly shapes. Match jelly colors. Plan...