Moon Phases

Over the MoonMrs. Bouffard's Grade 5 Scientists Study Moon PhasesLast week in Mrs. Bouffard's science classes students went on a lunar mission.  Their task was to understand and identify the phases of the moon and how the Sun, Earth, and...

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Augmented Reality With Google

Google's Augmented Reality Pioneer Program Comes to Spofford Pond!On Tuesday, Google Ambassador Caleb J. spent the day with students and teachers in grades 3 - 6 to demonstrate augmented reality.  In this beta version, students got to...

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Virtual Reality Redux

Volcanic Virtual Reality in Grade 4 SparksGreat Conversations & CollaborationThe Google Expeditions kit at Spofford Pond School has seen a lot of action lately - this time in the 4th grade.  As part of their studies of "Forces of Nature",...

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Virtual Reality

Spofford Students Travel the World with Google Expeditions Thanks to a grant fulfilled by the PTO's Teacher Wishes program, several classrooms had a unique technological experience with virtual reality goggles. Using our new Google...

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Grade 4 Science Exploration

Forces That Shape the Earth's SurfaceStudents in Ms. Davis' science classes have been studying various forces that shape the Earth's surface.  Topics have included:  volcanoes, earthquakes, water, ice & wind.  Students worked...

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Grade 4 Virtual Guest Speaker

As a start to their science unit on forces that shape the Earth's surface, fourth grade students in Ms. Davis' class had the pleasure of listening to a live virtual guest speaker, Cynthia Gardner, Geologist from theUSGS Cascades Volcano Observatory...

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