Posts by Carol LaMotte
Bella Roma!
It’s amazing what you can see during a week in Rome! The annual 8th grade trip lucked out this year with fantastic weather, so we were out and about all day every day. Maripat did an excellent job of preparing the students for the trip in their Latin classes! Each student researched a different landmark…
Read More7th Grade Makes Fast Tracks (in the snow) When it snows one inch in Seattle that can mean a foot up at Snoqualmie Pass. With record snowfall already this year, the 6th graders hiked into the fluffy stuff with their homemade snowshoes, the 8th graders shredded Snoqualmie Summit with alpine skis and snowboards, and the…
Read MoreNative Plants Garden Takes Root!
Explorer West’s Award Winning Sustainability Initiative lives on with a NEW NATIVE PLANTS GARDEN! Last year, in October of 2006, our students planted 25 trees on campus, including an inauspicious circle of eight maple trees just south of the upper parking lot and west of the gym (see photo to left). Thanks to students’ (and…
Read MoreIt’s Snowshoe Time!
The Sixth Graders are once again designing and building their own snowshoes for use at Snoqualmie Pass in January. Under the tutelage of Cascade Designs Winter Products Manager, Lee Getzewich, students brainstormed various snowshoe features and narrowd down their design by testing different qualities. This year’s design will focus on choosing materials for how well…
Read More8th Graders Test Buildings for Earthquake Resistance
The 8th grade science students culminated their study of Earthquakes today by testing their “buildings” on a shake table. Using what they had learned about building shape, mass distribution, and friction, teams competed to design a the tallest structure that would sustain a powerful earthquake. After each test, the class rated the amount of damage…
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