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| AFTER......BHS----a REAL School Store! THANK YOU! Thank you Brianna and Mr. Esposito---students, staff and faculty at BHS say THANK YOU! |
Learning Every Day In Burlington Public Schools
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Day 85 - Deb Deacon, Burlington High School Associate Principal
Extreme Store Make-Over at the BHS School Store!:
The School Store at BHS had an 'extreme store make-over" over February vacation courtesy of senior Brianna Esposito and her father Ronald in memory of her grandfather Edward Esposito.
Please see the before and after photos below:
BEFORE
AFTER
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Day 84 - Pine Glen Elementary School Wax Museum
Wax Museum:
The following pictures are from the 3rd Grade's Massachusetts Biography Wax Museum. I am very proud of all the 3rd graders and the great job they did researching famous people from Massachusetts. I had fantastic conversations with many famous people such as Clara Barton, Deborah Sampson, Benjamin Franklin, and Julia Child.
The following pictures are from the 3rd Grade's Massachusetts Biography Wax Museum. I am very proud of all the 3rd graders and the great job they did researching famous people from Massachusetts. I had fantastic conversations with many famous people such as Clara Barton, Deborah Sampson, Benjamin Franklin, and Julia Child.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Day 83 - Burlington High School Spanish Exchange Students
Madrid on Thursday 2.14:
We had quite the adventure today – you will be able to see how many steps we took! We started off in Sol, walked over to the Plaza Mayor, toured the Royal Palace, and took a nice stroll, at marathon pace, in Madrid!
Royal Palace
Here is what Stephanie had to say about the Royal Palace:
“There was a cool dressing room for the king that could be removed. There was also a gigantic dining room that could seat 140 people. Later we had tapas for lunch and went to plaza mayor.”
Here is what Laura had to say about Madrid:
“We had been walking a lot around Madrid. In the middle of looking for a restaurant, some of us got very hungry and almost resorted to eating at McDonald’s. However, we found our inner travelers and ended up having tapas after finally finding La Palza Mayor, being, of course, serenaded by a scarf-adorning European guitarist.”
We had quite the adventure today – you will be able to see how many steps we took! We started off in Sol, walked over to the Plaza Mayor, toured the Royal Palace, and took a nice stroll, at marathon pace, in Madrid!
Royal Palace
Here is what Stephanie had to say about the Royal Palace:
“There was a cool dressing room for the king that could be removed. There was also a gigantic dining room that could seat 140 people. Later we had tapas for lunch and went to plaza mayor.”
Here is what Laura had to say about Madrid:
“We had been walking a lot around Madrid. In the middle of looking for a restaurant, some of us got very hungry and almost resorted to eating at McDonald’s. However, we found our inner travelers and ended up having tapas after finally finding La Palza Mayor, being, of course, serenaded by a scarf-adorning European guitarist.”
Monday, February 25, 2013
Day 82 - Laura D'Elia, Pine Glen Library/Media Specialist
Bookapalooza is Coming!:
In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 1, and World Read Aloud Day, March 6, Pine Glen is celebrating our very first Bookapalooza. (Thank you to the Pine Glen Student Council for such an awesome name!) Bookapalooza is a week long event focused around how much we love books and reading (see the planned events listed below.) It is also a great time to support efforts worldwide to increase literacy.
Celebrate by reading aloud, giving away a book, or taking action in any way you can to Read It Forward on behalf of the 793 million people who cannot read.
Imagine a world where everyone can read…
In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 1, and World Read Aloud Day, March 6, Pine Glen is celebrating our very first Bookapalooza. (Thank you to the Pine Glen Student Council for such an awesome name!) Bookapalooza is a week long event focused around how much we love books and reading (see the planned events listed below.) It is also a great time to support efforts worldwide to increase literacy.
Celebrate by reading aloud, giving away a book, or taking action in any way you can to Read It Forward on behalf of the 793 million people who cannot read.
Imagine a world where everyone can read…
Friday, February 15, 2013
Day 81 - Jane Lynch, Pine Glen Elementary Grade 3
Lowell Boott Mills:
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| Mill boys waiting for work |
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| Madison our mill girl |
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| Bobbin boy Quinn |
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| Mapping out the city of Lowell along the Merrimack River |
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| Working in the mills |
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| Working in the mills of Lowell |
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| Caleb cleaning the cotton with the help of the cotton gin |
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| Look I pulled out a cotton seed! |
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| Weaving loom |
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| Invention room |
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| A weaver maintaining the looms. |
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| Cotton is so cool. |
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| What's our job today? |
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| Boarding house row |
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Day 80 - Jill Cunha, Pine Glen Elementary School Grade 3
Water Wheels by Zack and Camron: In school we have been learning about the Industrial Revolution. As part of this we learned that water wheels were used to power the mills. So we got to build a water wheel. We used plates, cups, paper towel rolls, and tooth picks. A lot of people's water wheels were successful. Building the water wheel was tough but nobody gave up. We got one and a half social studies classes to build and test. Our class had a good time making water wheels!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Day 79 - Burlington High School Students
Burlington High School Poetry Out Loud Finals!:
Check out the amazing performances from our BHS students in this year’s Poetry Out Loud Finals! Thanks to BHS English Department Head and the entire English Department for their efforts in another amazing year of Poetry Out Loud at BHS!
Congratulations to this year’s winner Allie Hardy!
Check out the amazing performances from our BHS students in this year’s Poetry Out Loud Finals! Thanks to BHS English Department Head and the entire English Department for their efforts in another amazing year of Poetry Out Loud at BHS!
Congratulations to this year’s winner Allie Hardy!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Day 78 - Sean Mussleman, Burlington Science Center
How Much Liquid Water in a Foot of Snow?:
This past weekend’s blizzard covered New England with several inches of snow and will be remembered as one of the largest (and longest!) storms to coat Burlington in memorable history.
The snow could not have hit at a better time for our elementary schools though, as many of Burlington’s fourth graders are either wrapping up or just starting their science units on weather and climate!
A question often asked by students (and adults) is how much liquid water is there in a foot of snow? When learning about matter, students learn how matter contracts as it gets colder taking up less space, and expands as it gets warmer (taking up more space!)
But water is not like most matter. Thanks to water molecules electronegativity its molecules organize themselves into a special six-sided arrangement that produces a perceived hollow crystal interior. When ice and other forms of solid water are heated up, the arrangement breaks down, the hollow space collapses and the water “melts” into its liquid form. As you can see in the diagram below, liquid water ends up taking up less space than solid water and is therefore more dense than ice!
This phenomena has a profound effect on our Earth! Since ice floats the tops of Earth’s bodies of water freeze over while marine creatures live below. If ice was more dense (like most matter) ice would sink to the bottom, crushing marine creatures below and leaving our seas and rivers relatively lifeless!
Consider trying this experiment with your students or children and see if you get the same results! We are familiar with many different “kinds” of snow (light and fluffy, wet and sticky to name a few!) Do all of these snow types melt into the same amount of water? Does location matter? Allow your students and kids to explore the possibilities and maybe devise their own experiments!
This past weekend’s blizzard covered New England with several inches of snow and will be remembered as one of the largest (and longest!) storms to coat Burlington in memorable history.
The snow could not have hit at a better time for our elementary schools though, as many of Burlington’s fourth graders are either wrapping up or just starting their science units on weather and climate!
A question often asked by students (and adults) is how much liquid water is there in a foot of snow? When learning about matter, students learn how matter contracts as it gets colder taking up less space, and expands as it gets warmer (taking up more space!)
But water is not like most matter. Thanks to water molecules electronegativity its molecules organize themselves into a special six-sided arrangement that produces a perceived hollow crystal interior. When ice and other forms of solid water are heated up, the arrangement breaks down, the hollow space collapses and the water “melts” into its liquid form. As you can see in the diagram below, liquid water ends up taking up less space than solid water and is therefore more dense than ice!
This phenomena has a profound effect on our Earth! Since ice floats the tops of Earth’s bodies of water freeze over while marine creatures live below. If ice was more dense (like most matter) ice would sink to the bottom, crushing marine creatures below and leaving our seas and rivers relatively lifeless!
Consider trying this experiment with your students or children and see if you get the same results! We are familiar with many different “kinds” of snow (light and fluffy, wet and sticky to name a few!) Do all of these snow types melt into the same amount of water? Does location matter? Allow your students and kids to explore the possibilities and maybe devise their own experiments!
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