Discovery Year 6. Session 1. Week 3.

Just like that, we are halfway through Session 1! In Week 3, Discoverers focused on Writers’ Workshop, Town Hall, and a campus-wide challenge. 

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

Discovery Heroes launched Writers’ Workshop for the Session with one simple question: What is a poem? Working alongside their Squad members, learners explored poetry collections from the studio’s library to find five excellent examples of poems. Learners then got to work quickly with their own creative process, starting first with acrostic poems before challenging themselves to create a haiku. 

TOWN HALL

Early in the Session, Discoverers were introduced to Town Hall, a time set aside for solving problems and celebrating accomplishments as a community. This week, the Studio held its first official Town Hall of the year. Learners brought forth obstacles, ideas, and announcements surrounding Socratic discussions, studio materials, and more. 

EGG DROP CHALLENGE 

Imagine this: the U.S. government is preparing to create a community on the moon. They’ve reached out to you with a clear call to action: research and design a cost-efficient capsule to send an astronaut to space. This week, Spark, Discovery, and Explore learners joined one another to heed the call. Heroes priced materials, created prototypes, and completed trials before coming together for the final launch on Friday afternoon.