The Fine Arts department has been hard at work developing a blog to showcase all of the amazing things the students and teachers are doing here at Episcopal. Visit the blog to learn about upcoming school events, and see video and pictures of student work. Please feel free to post comments and let the students and teachers know what a wonderful job they are doing. You can access the blog at http://fineartecs.blogspot.com or by visiting the Arts page of the Episcopal website.
In the Math department, the Algebra I and Pre-Calculus students have been using the many functions of Microsoft Excel software to find and use trend lines.
The eighth graders have had a wonderful week using their new iPads. In their Physical Science class they used SloPro, a camera app designed to create slow motion video. During the lab, students measured the effect of air resistance on identical sheets of paper formed into different shapes. They videoed and timed each piece of paper falling from 2.5 meters. Using their recorded times and slow motion video, they analyzed the effects of air resistance on the force of gravity.
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| Creating designs that maximize air resistance. |
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| Testing designs |
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| Testing designs |
The Math classes used a Clinometer app to analyze how accurately slope could be measured using technology rather than measuring and completing the equation by hand. During this lab, the students stacked books progressively higher and used the Clinometer to measure the slope of a ramp created with a meter stick. They then measured and calculated the slope by hand. The two were then compared to analyze the clinometer's accuracy.
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| Clinometer app in action! |
Katie Robinson
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