Parents and students are invited to attend the North Region Math and Science Academic Showcase for a fun, informative, interactive parent workshop on Common Core curriculum lessons for grades K-12. Thursday, January 23, 2014 Harper-Archer Middle School 3399 Collier Drive Atlanta, GA. 30331 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Thursday, March 20, 2014 North Atlanta High School […]
Hope-Hill Elementary School students were thrilled when a group of Georgia State students visited with their ‘Bio-Bus’ and hosted a day of fun through science. The Georgia State Bio-Bus is a mobile instructional laboratory that travels to K-12 schools across Georgia. Bio-Bus fellows – Georgia State students who educate K-12 students about science – facilitate all activities […]
Fourth graders at Morningside Elementary School and scientists at a Georgia Tech biology lab recently interacted with each other during an activity designed to support a study on animal adaptations. Under the auspices of a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Warren Matthews from Georgia Tech’s Information Technology office provided Morningside with a […]
Recently, on a sunny Friday morning, Benteen Elementary School students received all the ingredients necessary for a successful garden from the Live Healthy & Thrive Youth Foundation (LHTYF), Inc., as part of their “Gardens are For Kids” initiative. A master gardener taught the students how to plant and nurture their new garden, which now includes spinach, […]
Centennial Place Elementary School’s PTA hosted a hands on science day for third through fifth graders. The activities included an assembly, presentation from Big Thinkers, and hands on experiments in the classrooms. Students were overflowing with energy as they participated in an air and pressure show by Big Thinkers and tested the scientific method with […]
High school students from APS and area private schools were recognized in an awards ceremony for their participation in the Morehouse School of Medicine Vivien Thomas Auxiliary Research Program held at the New Schools at Carver, School of Health Sciences and Research on June 28, 2013. The four week summer academic program recruited high school students to serve as apprentices in biomedical […]
Justin Cucchi, a rising sophomore at Grady High School, is one of 15 students from the United States recently selected to participate in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Ocean for Life program at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary from June 22 – July 4, 2013. Ocean for Life is an educational marine science […]
On April 18, a NASA representative shared a special space presentation to students at Springdale Park. The students learned about the space station and explored the daily life of an astronaut through photos, videos, and examples of space food. They were fully engaged as they learned about robonauts, rovers, history, and more! The video presentations […]
On Thursday, March 28th first grade students at Finch Elementary traded in their city clothes for country ones. Students traveled to Canton, Georgia to visit Cagle’s Family Farm. The mighty Finch Eagles had the opportunity to better understand standards they had been introduced to earlier in the year on producers and consumer, animal life cycles […]
The Perkerson Elementary School Arboretum Project is well under way. Perkerson Elementary School has partnered with Kennesaw State University and Trees Atlanta to create an arboretum. What’s an arboretum you ask? An arboretum is a living tree museum. It will be a living legacy. The project began with the students joining Lauren Sandoval, the Education […]