Students in Mrs. Cardinal's third-grade classes are busy creating and presenting reading projects once again...
Third Grade Reading Projects
Students in Mrs. Cardinal’s third-grade classes are busy creating and presenting reading projects once again. Students had to read a book of their choice and then create a postcard, build a scene or make a collage depicting the book. Students also presented their projects to the class. There are some really impressive creations on display.
Students Create Edible Atoms
Science has never been so tasty. High school physical science students in Mrs. Russell’s classes used food to make three different 3-D representations of the same element. They made a neutral atom, an isotope and an ion. The activity is designed to help them calculate the different numbers of subatomic particles.
GPD Nature Scopes
Fifth-grade students are once again participating in the Geauga Park District’s Nature Scopes program. Last week, the program took students to space by allowing students to explore in three different astronomy stations at CMS. Students learned about the sun and stars, moon and planets, constellations and deep space objects.
The Nature Scopes program provides students with their own set of binoculars and students were able to use them during their space exploration. Thanks, Geauga Park District.
COSI Visits K-4 Students
COSI Columbus’ Dynamic Hands-On Science Center on Wheels went wild at Jordak Elementary School Feb. 23 and 24 with the Exploring Ecology program. Students in grades K-4 all had an opportunity to take part in an awesome assembly to learn about ecology in the local area.
After the assembly, students had a chance to try out some hands-on experiments and activities. They were able to count rings on a tree and determine how various environmental factors affected its growth; masks were used to show students how owls, moles and insects see the world; and a search for hidden animals was a great lesson on how camouflage helps animals blend into their environment. Students had a blast – thank you to the Cardinal PTA for helping to bring the event to the students and to all of the volunteers who helped students discover ecology at each station.
OSU Professor Visits Seniors
Cardinal High School was honored to host Dr. Matthew Stolzfus, a chemistry professor from The Ohio State University, on March 3. Dr. Fus, as he’s more commonly known, spoke to the seniors about the expectations of what it takes to succeed at the post-secondary level.
Dr. Fus spoke about his background, which includes some Amish heritage, his desire to play professional baseball as a student – his goal in life was to make the highlight reel on ESPN – and how one professor completely changed his life. He is now a big advocate of incorporating technology into the classroom to improve the student experience – something he has done successfully at Ohio State.
His main message to students during his visit was for students to understand how to learn and think. College is different from high school. Be flexible, be patient and be willing to adapt to new ways of learning and doing.
By the way, he did make ESPN’s highlight reel – his classroom was featured on a College Game Day piece that aired back in 2012.
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Taylor F. and Rebecca D. make cakes to demonstrate the atom, isotope and ion of an element.
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Ohio State University chemistry professor Matthew Stoltzfus speaks to seniors at Cardinal High School on March 3 about success at the post-secondary level.
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Second-grade students explore ecology at the COSI on Wheels science lab at Jordak Elementary School.
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Fifth-graders in Mr. Greg Cicero’s class explore space thanks to their participation in the Geauga Park District’s Nature Scopes program.
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Third-graders Jiana P. and Brody S. show the scenes they created to represent the books they read for a reading project.
