TRC meeting

Mr. Robinson shares a student-made fort.

5th Grade Podcast - I'm Thankful For...

Click a student number to hear that student:

Even though their schools are 30 miles apart, Inman and Burrton 5th graders met in the same room using a Polycom system.

Kevin H

Kevin and Starbucks share PBL ideas with our TRC group.

Veggie car

A Burrton 6th grader deisgns his car that will be made entirely of
fruits and vegetables.

Which explorer?

Back in the classroom, 5th grade students discuss their clues to try to determine their explorer.

A clue is found

5th graders discover a clue near the Burrton post office.

Solving the Mystery

3rd graders try to figure out "What animal am I?" based on the clues they collected in their scavenger hunt.

3rd Grade

Mrs. Schmidt's 5th graders prepare for their GPS scavenger hunt.

Burrton GPS Activity

On Friday, Oct. 10, Burrton 3rd and 5th grade students participated in a GPS scavenger hunt activity. Here's an overview of the activity:

Those involved:
Bentley Richert (ESSDACK), Tammy Worcester (ESSDACK), Kevin Honeycutt (ESSDACK) Becky Herl (Instructional Technology - Burrton), Greg Robinson (Burrton 5th Grade Teacher), and Emily Schmidt (Burrton 3rd Grade Teacher)

Sept. 23 - Bentley, Tammy, Becky, Greg, and Emily met to determine the purpose and logistics of the activity. Both teachers decided to do a scavenger hunt where students would gather clues: 3rd grade - life cycles; 5th grade - explorers. The class would be split into teams and each team would have a handheld GPS that would "lead" them to each clue.

Bentley, Tammy, Emily, and Greg took a walking tour of Burrton, decided where they wanted to hide the clues, and set waypoints on a GPS.

Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 10:
Bentley used computer software to distribute the waypoints to 5 GPS units (one per team). He also changed the routes so that each team would find the clues in a different order.

Emily, Tammy, and Greg printed the clues and put them into envelopes that were color-coded and labeled for each team.

On Oct. 10:
12:00 - Bentley and Tammy hid the clues.
12:30 - 3rd graders are given instructions and begin their "hunt".
1:15 - teams assemble back at their starting point, open their clues, and attempt to solve their challenge.
2:00 - The process is repeated with 5th grade students.

Despite being tired and thirsty, everyone agreed it was a great learning experience for the students - and for the adults!

Science Experiments

Burrton 6th grade students perform experiments.

Explorers

A Burrton 5th grader peer-edits an explorer newsletter.

TRC

One of our state leaders.

GPS Planning

Bentley R and Mr. Robinson mark a waypoint for an upcoming GPS activity.

Mr. Lang

Mr. Robinson

Burrton, KS

This is my second year to work through the TRC grant in Burrton, KS. In case you're wondering, Burrton is a small town situated between Newton and Hutchinson.