Let's make some Bottle Rockets! This is one of my favorite builds with UE. The building part is actually pretty simple, but the science...

What if someone told you that you were enough, just the way you are in this very moment? Last week we spent a little time each day...

*I did a little picture editing on the first image to help see it. It was much clearer in class! This week was all about getting ready...

** Catching up on blog posts, part II. Let me take you back in time to one week ago... This week, Upper El practiced giving feedback on...

** Catching up with blog posts. Let me take you back in time to two weeks ago... This week, we continued our exploration of chemistry by...

Spies in action during the revolutionary war… was the fascinating topic we explored last week at the Charlotte Museum of History. We...

Upper El students have been studying and writing poetry. They have learned about many elements of poetry including alliteration, simile...

Last week, Upper El walked to the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson to deliver our school-grown kale. The kale was grown in the dome using...

We had a great week back from our February break with two new units—chemical energy for our science time and flash fiction for our story...

This week, middle and upper elementary students went to lunch with their amazing Spanish instructor Mr. Jeff. They feasted on incredible...

Upper elementary had the opportunity to explore the new Light Factory facility and create in the darkroom! With a gallery full of...

Upper El has been all about our Science Fair and our Catapult project the last week. That means our classroom has felt like a mix between...

We had a really cool week with a field trip, continuing our science fair, and ending with a fun experiment--connecting our current topic...

Our last week and a half have been about completion. Our latest story and parts of our science fair have been the focus. Working on a...

Happy New Year, everyone! We're back from our break, and it feels good. This week we started with a little catch-up and review and then...

Our society has a tendency to judge everything by the bottom line: Is the answer right? And how quickly did you get to the answer?...

It's good to be back after our break, and we had a great week in UE. We've continued our new unit on Elastic Energy, which we began the...

Magical is the word that best describes upper elementary’s field trip to Barrier Island Sea Camp.  One of my favorite parts about this...

Upper El has been hard at work on several projects in the afternoon. On top of our science and engineering work, we also prepared our...

Lost Slavery Tour, Charlotte This week, Upper El walked Charlotte's Lost Slavery Tour. Created by a former Myers Park High School...