ELP Mo. Valley

The 6th and 7th Grade ELP students have recently wrapped up an independent study in a program called "Genius Hour".  Students selected a topic/idea/theme they had a great deal of interest in or passion for, mapped out a research plan and final project idea, created a final project and then presented their projects to their peers.  We had students with projects ranging from creating rainbow cupcakes to experimenting with "elephant toothpaste and building sugar rockets. Below are pictures and videos from a few of the projects shared with their peers.  The ELP students will plan to create 2 more "Genius Hour" projects over the course of the school year. Ben H. and his "sugar rocket" Shelby D. and her science experiment to create a "bouncy egg" Henley A. replicates a tsunami Chris D. explaining how to create a model hover craft Maya Z. and her experiment for "elephant toothpaste" Emma K. explaining wide

The 4th Grade ELP students are doing their first service learning project:  collecting pop tabs/metal can tabs for The Ronald McDonald House.  The pop tabs are collected, weighed at a collection station and then a money amount is given to the Ronald McDonald House based on the weight of the tabs donated.  So far Missouri Valley Elementary has collected 1,020,500 pop tabs for a total of $25, 500.00 donated.  For more information visit www.rmhc.org.  Pop tabs may be turned in to the MV Elementary office or dropped off in Mrs. C.'s classroom (room 209).  Thank you. By, 4th Grade ELP students