Alexa's Cool Picture

Augmented Reality Sandbox

Ron Myers, a teacher in our district, got a grant to buy the supplies to create this amazing virtual reality sandbox. Below are pictures of pure white sand that are made to look like a topography map or a landform relief map using a projector and a first release Xbox! So cool! Watch the videos below to listen to Ron turn these amazing pictures into science lessons.


Check out our Science Blog for more cool science!!!

VIDEOS OF THE AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX

New Recess Game

When someone's untied shoe ends up on the shed roof during a soccer game, a new recess game is invented.

Pi Day!

We celebrated our annual Pi Day on March 14! Below are pictures, but you MUST go to our PI DAY BLOG to see all of the amazing projects the students created!

The Alex and Hayden Show

Over two years ago, a group of fifth graders who called themselves the Fantastic Ferrets, created a talk show about autism. The cohosts of the show were Alex and Hayden. Their show was produced to help children and others with autism. Alex and Hayden give coping strategies and tips for dealing with frustration. They explain what autism is to others who may not understand it, and they tell about famous people who had autism.

The show spread far and wide, and a man who is the head of the Autism Program for the whole state of Illinois found out about Greenville's two famous boys. He invited Mrs. Abernethy, the two boys, and Hayden's mom to Springfield, Illinois to speak at the "Targeting Autism" conference in front of hundreds of librarians. Below is a video of the presentation. It is one hour long, so you may not want to watch it all at once.

 

Alex and Hayden Show

Targeting Autism

Trout in the Classroom

Did you know that we have been raising trout in our classroom? We are, and they are doing fabulous!!!! We received eggs from the PA Game and Fish Commission at the beginning of November. They hatched in December and we have been raising them ever since.

If you want to see more updates and more information about our trout, check out our Science Blog. Click on this link to learn more about the Trout in the Classroom program.

Valentine's Day

There were lots of amazing Valentine's boxes, but none impressed me as much as this one! You must watch this video of a briefcase hand scanner Valentine's Box powered by some high tech including arduinos.

Rubik's Cube Arrives in England

About a week ago, we posted about the rubik's cube we created for an eight year old girl in England. It arrived already, and her father sent us this video!



If you missed the original post...click on the rubik's cube below.

New Trails in Greenville?

When Fred Kiser was looking for support for the new bike/walking trail in Greenville, he came to the Futuristic Foxes. He came to our classroom and asked if we could come to the Business Expo at Thiel College to help pass out brochures, give information about the trail and tell how people could help.

Of course, the Futuristic Foxes (and a Dauntless Dogs) pitched in on Saturday, February 6, to help spread the news about the new trail being blazed from Greenville on the west side of the Shenango River. It will follow the abandoned Erie and Pittsburgh Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad north to Jamestown and the Pymatuning State Park area. The trail is projected to be an 8 foot wide asphalt surface. and may extend southward and connect to the Trout Island Trail, thus linking two of Mercer County's major recreation areas - Pymatuning and Shenango Lakes!

Our post at the Expo manned by a Dauntless Dog and a couple Futuristic Foxes.

We enjoyed using this Google Map to show the path of the potential trail.

Occasionally, we walked the map around the Expo so everyone could see!

Our Braille Rubik's Cube

The Futuristic Foxes have just finished the coolest project ever! We used the 3D printer to make tiles with bumps on them. There were six different colors and nine tiles of each color. The first color had one bump, the second had two, the third had three, etc. up to six. We used gorilla glue to attach the tiles to a Rubik's cube, being careful that none of the glue seeped into the cracks to damage the functionality of the cube. Here is the finished product.

Here comes the really cool part! This special Rubik's cube is for a blind girl named Grace who is eight years old. As a matter of fact, the day our teacher took the cube to the post office to mail it to her in England was Graces's eighth birthday! We are not sure how long it will take to get to her, but we can't wait!