Archive for February, 2009

Week of February 16–Presidents and Leaders

Posted on February 23, 2009.

The fourth and fifth grade APEX classes spent this week doing research. The fourth grade classes learned some interesting things about the presidents:
 Who was the heaviest president? How much more did he weigh than the average 4th grader?
Who was the oldest elected president? Which president was the youngest person to become president? What was the difference in [...]

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Week of February 2–APEX Super Bowl results

Posted on February 8, 2009.

Official scoreboard:
Steelers 8, Peaceful Animals 7
Tigers 22, Blazing Bees 8
Dragons 12, Steelers 6
Goofy Goober Munchers 21 (Does that include the last-minute touchdown?) Goofy Goobers 13

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Week of February 26–Super Duper Ads

Posted on February 1, 2009.

It was a short week (yea! a snow day!) but the fourth and fifth graders started a new project-creating a commercial worthy of the Super Bowl. Since ads this year are selling for $3 million, the students worked in groups to pick a product, decide which advertising technique they want to use, and develop a [...]

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