Pen & Paper, Volume 13, “New Horizons.”
Posted by Eric Snow
We are proud to announce this year’s edition of Pen & Paper, Volume 13, “New Horizons.” This edition is organized around the themes of change and transition, beginnings and endings, aspirations and dreams. The Pen & Paper editorial team has worked hard to select, edit, and organize this issue, and we couldn’t be prouder to share it with the Unquowa community. This issue is 130 pages made up of 95 pieces of art, photography, short stories, and poetry taken from submissions and the 7th and 8th Grade Voices of Change projects. There are a total of 32 contributors.
An Atomic Debate
Posted by Ariel Warshaw
8th graders finished their Humanities unit on WWII by debating whether or not the US was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The students were able to choose a side, and were provided primary and secondary sources. Using these resources, they crafted opening and closing arguments and brainstormed counter arguments and questions to pose the opposing side.
Presenting Utopia Projects
Posted by Eric Snow
Throughout the year, students in Humanities 7 have been learning about the different aspects of culture that create the different societies we know today.
Students needed to engage those various aspects of culture (religion, clothing, government, etc.) to try to, from scratch, create a perfect society.
Today, those groups presented their wildly divergent utopias – one based on the governing principle equity, and the other on health and wellness.
Unquowazine – Volume 5
Posted by Karen EngelkeIt has been such a pleasure working with the Lower School Art and Literary Club members on Unquowazine Volume 5. They have worked tirelessly on various stages of magazine development. This year they have included more original content in the form of interviews, comics, and book reviews. Together with their staff, Salma, Grady, and William reviewed much of the work themselves. They did an amazing job of being mindful of each student’s work while honoring its authenticity. As their advisor, I guided them and gave them structure and support. Kudos to all of their hard work and dedication!
Holocaust Survivor, Agnes Vertes, Shares Her Story
Posted by Ariel Warshaw
Engineering Electromagnets!
Posted by Joshua Bartosiewicz-
- A battery and a copper wire coiled around an iron nail are used to create a magnet!
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- Picking up paperclips with the magnet.
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- “Wow, that’s a strong magnet!”
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- Creating a coil or solenoid for the electromagnet.
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- More coils!
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- “Woah, I didn’t expect it to work!”
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- A strong magnet being used to hold other nails.
The 8th grade was able to build their own electromagnets in the science lab! The students have been learning so much about electricity, magnetism and electromagnets (the movement of charged particles in a coil can create a magnetic field). For this lab, the scholars were given batteries, copper coils, iron nails and paperclips and were asked to build an electromagnet. They had a general understanding of the material but after completing this lab, there was no question on how electromagnets function. Students were able to play around with their designs by using different types of wire, changing the number of loops around the iron nail (more loops would make a stronger magnet due to the overlapping magnetic fields created from the charged particles flowing through the wire which is from the battery), and using different types of batteries. In the end, the 8th graders thoroughly enjoyed creating their own magnets and comparing the strengths of their magnets to each others.
