After our presentation for the Board of Education yesterday Saratogian writer Neil Kirby wrote an article about the Garden Consultant and our InvenTeam which was featured in todays paper. Check it out online here or read the article below.Students lead the way on plantsProblem-solving group suggests new methods for better gardeningBy NEIL KIRBY, The SaratogianSARATOGA SPRINGS — Project Lead the Way students may have found a more efficient way to get plants in your garden to thrive through an invention they call the Garden Consultant, which will...
Friday, April 25, 2008
Last night our InvenTeam gave a presentation for the Saratoga Springs City School District Board of Education during their meeting. Our presentation not only discussed the Garden Consultant but also talked about the Project Lead the Way Program at our school and how through the school districts support of engineering education awesome opportunity's have been made available to us.Though we do not have a video of the presentation (the battery died) we will be re-recording the presentation over the next week so it will be online and available for...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Hello All -I hope everyone had a great spring break! Members of the InvenTeam did not get much of a chance to ease back into school work though. This week we started off with staying after school to work on programing and a new presentation from 2:30 to 9:00 which we followed up with practicing our presentation today in class for Project Lead the Way representatives as well as members of The Council (a partnership for excellence in agriculture and education) and CASE (Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education) such as Mr. Brad Schloesser.This...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Today after school a few Saratoga Springs Project Lead the Way students, including four InvenTeam members, visited Maple Avenue Middle School to talk to some of next year's Freshmen about their first year at high school and the Project Lead the Way program. Invitations went out to the best students the middle school's Technology Education Department had to offer. These bright eighth graders joined us after school for a brief introduction to the five Project Lead the Way courses which we followed up with pizza and a Nintendo Wii Tennis Tournament....
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday two of our InvenTeam members, Duncan Boehle and Stephen Rancour, will be participating in the school musical of "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Duncan is playing the part of Ching Ho and Stephen will be on the running crew. They have been rehearsing the play since January.Our members' participation in so many creative activities obviously renders the stereotype of pocket-protector-clad engineers as false. Singing,...
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