Dot Week: Dot Day Across the Curriculum

Instead of just having one day for Dot Day, 

we extended it to Dot Week!

Dot Week Science: Cohesion of Water "Dots"

Using a scientific tool called a pipette, 
we experimented with dots of water.

Combining "dots" on waxed paper

How many "dots" can you put on a penny?

Writing up a lab report

Dot Week Literature: Peter H. Reynolds books

Reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynold

We also read Ish, Just Say Something, Sky Color, 

and The North Star. Seabury School and the Navigators' classroom have fantastic, extensive libraries, perfect for kids who love to learn!

Dot Week STEM: Engineering a boat for the rabbit who needs to be saved in The North Star.

Ask yourself, where it is you want to go...

Make a plan.

 Get the supplies. And get started.

Going through the engineering process

Will it float?

YES, MINE FLOATS!

Dot Week Art: In art class we made a community project. 

Each person's dot was different. 

Watch for the project to be displayed at school.

Dot Week Math: Dot to dots using skip counting 

and discovering famous inventors' 

inventions, innovations,
and discoveries. 

Rosalind Franklin: counting by 2's

Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.

And even Dot Week Social Emotional Learning (SEL) 

The rabbit in The North Star found itself in a predicament. Because it was always in a hurry, and didn't STOP (stop, take a breath, observe, and proceed), it ended up stranded on a twig in the middle of a river. Fortunately, most of us were able to help it to shore in our STEM activity. The moral of the story? STOP and think about what you are doing!

At Seabury School we have the freedom to spend more time and go deep and wide on something as simple as Dot Day. In the process, we had a lot of fun and learned a whole lot!