Posts Tagged ‘Science’

CSI: Riverstone!

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Crime scene tape, fingerprint kits, blood and hair analysis kits, and (gulp) maggots…John Pedersen, Middle School science teacher, guided a group of intrepid crime scene investigators as they worked through the age-old question, “Who Dunnit?” Now that’s some summer fun!

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Pre-K visit Broadway

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Riverstone’s Pre-K students spend a morning at the Broadway campus, organized by teachers Anne-Marie Derry and Lilly Palacios.

Grade 10 students acted as science teachers for the day as the pre-k students got to enjoy a science fair of experiments in line with their PYP unit on the senses. The morning was complete with a pre-K/Grade 10 barbeque.

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Riverstone scientists in the news!

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Riverstone International School scientists make the news!

Alex Ide, Head of Science, and his Gd 11 IB biology group were part of a group of student studying Boise river water quality this week.

Click here to read the article in the Statesman

Click here to view video

click here to listen to NPR story

Click here to see Boise City press release:   release-nsf-wq-testing-final-web51

 

Andrew Derry

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Head of Science; guest teacher in Middle school classes

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Alex Ide, Riverstone’s new Head of Science usually works with the High School, but wants to get to know all of the students!

Alex will be acting as a guest teacher for the next few weeks with the Grade 7 and 8 MYP science classes. 

Students can expect something a little different and should be ready to sharpen their scientific inquiry skills. Alex will be concentrating on the IB scientific method; predicting, hypothesizing, planning, fair-testing and analyzing through some real, hands on investigating.

Andrew Derry

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Alex Ide appointed new Head of Science

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

We are delighted to announce that Alex Ide has been appointed to the position of whole school, Head of Science.

Alex has been with Riverstone since 2004, previously teaching at Centennial High School, Northwest Middle School, BSU and the University of Utah. Alex also has an extensive background in research, specializing in genetics and breast cancer.

Alex and the rest of the science faculty have already started work on a new Middle School science curriculum that emphasizes the ’scientific method’ through a hands-on, problem solving approach.

Watch out for a new science club and the Science Olympiad with John Pederson….coming soon

 

Andrew Derry

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