Good evening, Carolyn, Happy Friday! I want to begin by saying I am truly grateful for you and the Escondido Education Foundation Committee for choosing to fund my grant and for everything you do for the students and educators of the Escondido Union School District. It was actually our P.E. teacher, Amber Terry, who received the […]
My name is G Trupp, and I am the librarian at Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences in Escondido, CA. In November you generously funded my grant project through the Escondido Education Foundation to diversify the collection of books at my school library. While some of the books were not able to be shipped […]
Our students here at Farr enjoying and being challenged by the speed cup stacker program. https://youtu.be/6HfsTTKiwyIhttps://youtu.be/nS07g1I76CI
Reading is Alive & Well in EUSD. Books purchased through a grant from the EEF.
Knex’ting to the World —-Zoe Carpenter My 8th grade students learned about Newton’s Laws at the beginning of the year. To help them review for the California Science Test (CAST) I used the Knex Forces, Motion, and Energy Educator’s kit. The students were excited to be the first to use these kits as well as […]
Two more groups were building cars which would be set loose down a ramp. Their forward progress would be measured. Different size wheels would then be attached and the experiment repeated and recorded. Then weight would be added to the vehicle and the experiment repeated. Wish I could have stayed for the whole experience to […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZkcml2ZS5nb29nbGUuY29tJTJGZmlsZSUyRmQlMkYxdm0tTXZKb2d4MUxOZHJTV1NuQzQxUHpna1h2YnRJMEElMkZwcmV2aWV3JTIyJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjI0ODAlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Mrs. Carpenter’s 7th grade students were studying cause and effect by being given a huge container full of “stuff”. Their assignment was to cause at least 3 different things to happen in order for a certain effect to occur. 2 different groups worked on this project in 2 different ways. I didn’t get to stay […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The EEF recently visited the FAB LAB at North Broadway. Teacher, Marcie Kurka, runs her FAB LAB every Friday. Using Rube Goldberg’s ideas, there is a cart with all sorts of items…..string, rubber bands, popsicle sticks, etc. Students are given tasks and work in small groups to accomplish the task. The day we visited, students […]