Science Stuff
Solar System Scope Shines
I’d like to share an incredible new space science resource, Solar System Scope. Featuring a set of easy-to-use tools, the site offers interactive 3D views of the planets. Pair this site with a Mimo or Polyvision board for a hands-on virtual fly-through of our solar system. Quick tip- Set the view to full screen for [...]
PM Rocketeers Win 1st Place
I’m thrilled to report that Penn Manor students recently took 1st and 2nd place in the Eighth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). TARC is a national competition demanding that student teams successfully launch model rockets to specific altitudes and flight time requirements. Read the national press release here: http://is.gd/cd0t6. Rocket Team Director and PM [...]
CFF Grant Funding Update
Penn Manor has just received formal “substantial funding” approval from PDE for $106,000 in new Classrooms For The Future grant money. Funding will provide 3 additional High School laptop carts for a total of 90 new student Macbook laptops. The new carts will bring the total High School student cart count up to 14 units. [...]
Still More Student Guest Writers
This week we feature another round of elementary student guest writers: Joel, Julianna, & Julianne. Laptops are Cool in School Laptops are cool in school for many reasons. One way our classroom has made use of laptops is by typing our monthly poems and other writing assignments. When typing our monthly poems we learned how [...]
A Comet for the Comets
Some of you might know that I’m an Astronomy aficionado. With that said, here is a tidbit that is not strictly technology related, but still cool. There’s been a great deal of recent buzz about Comet 17P/Holmes. Comet Holmes was an obscure little ball of ice that suddenly and unexpectedly increased in brightness to about [...]
