When placed in the hands of our fourth-grade students, mini-golf was reinvented. It was no longer just a fun activity but an opportunity to design and build their own mini-golf courses. What began as a creative way for students to combine their learning of science,...
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Engineers Among Us…
Feb 25, 2022 | 4th Grade
Here at PNA, we strive to prepare our students for their future world. The world they are growing up in is vastly different than the one you or I grew up in and this is why PNA ensures that we are teaching them the skills that they need to be successful in their...
Physical Education and Health Goings On
Jan 20, 2022 | 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Integrated Subjects, Kindergarten, Middle School
Raise your hand if you are feeling stressed these days. Can you see me raising my hand? We are all being pushed to our max lately and as much as we don't like it, learning how to acknowledge and move past stress is a key component of life. When thinking about how to...
Creature Creators Completed!
Dec 17, 2021 | 4th Grade
When fourth-graders began their Creature Creator PBL a while back there was excitement, trepidation, questions, and a whole bunch of scientific thought and creativity. Creature Creators took a back seat for our Thanksgiving Float PBL but when it was time to step back...
Life is all about obstacles!
Dec 2, 2021 | 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Integrated Subjects, Kindergarten, Middle School, Preschool, Uncategorized
Who doesn't love a good obstacle course? Obstacles courses have been around for years, they are nothing new, but always exciting. The cool thing about them is that anything can be used to make one, but all good courses involve climbing, running, jumping and maybe even...
Creature Creators: Bringing Imagination and Science Together
Nov 12, 2021 | 4th Grade
This past week, fourth graders began a culminating project to tie up our science unit on animal adaptations. Over the course of the unit of study, we explored various systems in the human body and compared and contrasted them to those of other species. Through the use...
Guided and Unplugged: Meditation Breaks For Fourth Grade
Oct 22, 2021 | 4th Grade
“We encourage students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers of vision, integrity and courage.” These words are written all over the walls of PNA. They are not just a motto or a slogan; not just a fleeting thought. They are our guiding principle. We...
We are Geography Explorers!
Oct 1, 2021 | 4th Grade
It’s October already and the fourth graders have turned into explorers! A focus of social studies for fourth graders is learning about the beginning and early years of American society. In order to fully understand how a society came to be, its customs, cultures,...
Exploring the Mystery Behind the Mundane – Every Child is a Scientist!
Sep 10, 2021 | 4th Grade
By Alina Delarosa “Science is about the miracle of the mundane -- and children can appreciate this best. Every child is a scientist!” -Susan Bosak There is always a buzz in the classroom when students hear that it is time to begin a science lesson. Children...
It’s All Fun & Games…
May 1, 2021 | 4th Grade
As I reflected on the past two weeks and began to write about our most recent science-based project, the PNA Arcade, I pulled up my list of science standards that this project addressed. Our driving question had been: “How can we apply our new learning about energy to...