Penguins, Bold Goals, and Meaningful Projects 6th grade Gavin, working on his third book about penguins, met last month with his mentor Katy Wozniak and several King Penguins at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Katy is the lead aquarist and penguin keeper. Gavin started writing about penguins in 3rd grade. His first […]
Category: 2015-16 Research Fellows
Free the Children Rafiki Bracelet Sale It’s not too late to get your very own Rafiki bracelet! Help the members of the Free the Children Club raise money for education in Kenya by purchasing one for you or a friend! (Rafiki means friend in Swahili!) Complete and send in the […]
After months of work, the K2k Kids Activity Center Fellows Project has successfully submitted their application for the Verizon Mobile App Challenge. Weeks in the lab were spent preparing the essays, the scripts and screen shots for the video, filming and editing. On behalf of Kamryn and Will, let me […]
Our 6th-grade team has begun to meet and prepare for the January 23 Future City Competition. Do you know an engineer who can help us prepare? The theme this year is Waste Not, Want Not and the kids are challenged to design a city 100 years in the future with […]
Welcome to the Fall 2015 Scratch Challenge for Baden Academy, “The Orbits of Roald Dahl’s Moons.” This is a scene from Roald Dahl’s book, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Willie Wonka and Charlie Bucket need your help. The moon is out of phase. Can you fix it? Check it […]
Do you want a lovely Kandinsky tee shirt? Go to www.BadenDreams.com! We have amazing artwork from the students at Baden Academy. We are raising money to get a virtual simulator called Dream Flight Adventures installed.
Members of the new Free the Children club met this week to discuss plans for the year. They decided on several new and exciting goals. First – they are moving to the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month and opening their membership to the 3rd grade. (See attached sign […]
Dragon Tag Programming Club as part of Research Fellows Project of Glorian and Dru Every 2nd and 4th Monday 2:45-4:00 Open to 4th-6th grade Limited to 18 participants. Participants in the Dragon Tag Programming club will be learning the PHP Programming language and programming design as they make changes to […]
BADEN ACADEMY MEDIA LAB as part of a research fellows project of Aleenia Reich ANNOUNCES A NEW SERVICE LEARNING CLUB MEETING 2ND AND 4TH TUESDAYS 2:45-4:00 GRADES 4-6 The Free the Children Service Learning club will be part of the We Schools program and include a full calendar of action […]
Executives from FedEx will be on hand Friday, September 25, for the afternoon bus dismissal (2:20 pm) of the 529 students disbursed to 15 school districts and over one hundred parent drivers. Press is invited. Owen, a 5th-grade research fellow last year, wondered if we could use RFID and cloud […]