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3D Printer

We have recently gotten a 3D printer from NVBots, a startup company from MIT. This printer is capable of making objects that can reach up to 8x8x8 inches in size! […]

Welcome Back To Design!

Summer is over and we are back! The design classroom has an important new member– a 3D printer! Provided to us by NVBots, the printer has been a great addition […]

Newtonite Article

Newton North’s school newspaper, The Newtonite, recently published a wonderful article about the Seeds to STEM program. Throughout the process, two reporters, Emily Moss and Maya Abou-Risk, attended several meetings […]

Apprenticeship at Orchard Gardens: WOW Week

On Thursday, May 14th, we made our final trip to Orchard Gardens to participate in the WOW- a presentation of all our hard work. Here are student’s reactions to the […]

Apprenticeship at Orchard Gardens: Week Nine and Ten

Tuesday, April 28th, was the ninth week of the Orchard Gardens apprenticeship. Journal comments from Orchard Gardens Students: “…I love being in this apprenticeship.” —Betty “Today we worked on how […]

Apprenticeship at Orchard Gardens: Week Eight

Tuesday, April 14th, was the eighth week of the Orchard Gardens apprenticeship. Journal comments from Orchard Gardens Students: Today I was actually drawing the whole time. I had a lot […]

Apprenticeship at Orchard Gardens: Week Seven

Tuesday, April 7th, was the seventh week of the Orchard Gardens apprenticeship. Journal Entry and Response 3/25/15 Edison— Estoy content que participas en las actividades, aunque no comprendes totalmente que […]

Apprenticeship at Orchard Gardens: Week Six

On Tuesday March 30th, the team took their sixth trip to Orchard Gardens School. Journal comments from Orchard Gardens students: Liran, gracias usted es un buen maestro para my porque […]

Mr. Murphy to the Rescue

On Monday, we reviewed the technological components of the curriculum so we could begin coding. Everyone present began to run into computer problems, and we all began to worry that […]