Spira's Penultimate Day!
Spira 2014 ends tomorrow! We cannot believe how quickly time has passed this summer. The coordinators have loved working and bonding with...
The Last 2014 Mentor Wednesday!
Today was the last mentor Wednesday of 2014! Our Spira Reps, Grace, Afaf, Leslie, Joy, Edith, Colleen, Eliana, and Sabrina, did an...
Sustainable Tuesday
We started the day by finishing the filtration project, holding design presentations for the students, and determining the winning pair!...
Environmental Monday!
Our day started off with a Do-Now about how failure helps improve products and how engineers persevere through failure to create better...
Final Field Trip Friday!
Today's lesson dealt with magnetism! Sophia taught the students about magnetic fields and how magnetism and electricity are often taught...
Arduino Thursday!
To start our third Thursday of camp, the students finished their Scratch assignments. We then went on a tour of Brown to learn more about...
Programming Wednesday
Today was our third mentor Wednesday of Spira and it was also our first day covering computer science! Following our Do Now about...
Circuit Tuesday
We started the day by completing the battery building competition and finding our winner! The winning team used both a battery and the...
Mega Monday!
We officially started the first day of camp today! After our Do-Now, we took a field trip to the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, which was...
Friday Physics Field Day!
Today was Physics Field Day for Spira! Following our weekly evaluations, the students had the opportunity to listen to Cosima Schunk, a...