ACADEMICS GRADE 7 STUDIES HISTORY OF EARTH, CYBERSECURITY
Baldwin’s Grade 7 students studied the history of the earth and how the fossil record contributes to our knowledge of the past. They participated in a "make your own fossil" lab, which helped to explore what organisms create/have created good fossils throughout time and which organisms scientists know very little about because their features require such precise conditions to become fossilized. In the DREAM Lab, Grade 7 students learned about the IoT and vulnerabilities, malware, phishing, databases (SQL), encryption/ decryption/cryptography and more. Dr. Thomas Heverin (P ’26), Professor at Drexel University and Cybersecurity Systems Engineer supporting the U.S. Navy, zoomed live with the students to show them how to find vulnerabilities around the world using real-life, hands-on experiences. 8
Middle School Has Experiential Learning Day
This winter, Grade 6 - 8 students participated in a Middle School Experiential Learning Day, where online and on-campus students had fun and engaging sessions where they learned a new skill, made a craft or created a project. This opportunity allowed all students to get to know other classmates and teachers with similar interests and curiosities. Some of the sessions included creating video game music, making origami, bullet journaling, doing improv, participating in applied game theory and identifying personal goals and dreams for 2021 through a digital vision board.
17 Baldwin Seniors Honored by National Merit Program Baldwin is proud to announce that 17 students from its senior class have been recognized by the National Merit® Scholarship Program. Seven Baldwin students have been named Semifinalists: Christina Cappola, Samantha Eill, Sanae Hagino, Isabelle Lee, Diane Tian, Alice Zehner and Jessica Zhu; and 10 students have been named Commended Students: Hana Ahanger, Rhea Jain, Isabelle Kauffman, Taylor Levinson, Iris Li, Ava Olson, Layla Siahatgar, Maggie Song, Bella Xia and Bethany Xu.
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GRADE 5 STUDIES EGYPT
Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Shelby Justl, a member of the Penn Museum’s International Program, met with our Grade 5 students to discuss everyday life in ancient Egypt, recent discoveries and experimental archaeology – a method of understanding and recreating the past by attempting these practices from ancient records. To conclude the unit, students presented their work during a Lower School assembly, which included CoSpaces coded and designed in the DREAM Lab to complement their research papers.
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Sonia Scott ’28 and Vanessa Von Dulm ’28 worked together on a CoSpace scavenger hunt about Cleopatra’s life.
Joyce Chen ’28 and Charlotte Lawton ’28 created their CoSpace focusing on King Tut and Queen Nefertiti.
