SIDE BY SIDE Academic Enrichment Program

	Tesselations Students learned about Tesselations, designed their own by hand and by computer, and entered some of their compositions in a national on-line competition.
	Halloween Masks Students researched a variety of masks in books and on the Internet, then designed and created their own using paper machie. Students also wrote a story to accompany their masks.
	Nutrition Students learned about the basic nutrients, the food pyramid and made their own snacks. They also chose and cooked a meal for their parents for Family Night and conducted a quiz show.
	Newsletter Students learned to use Microsoft Word for Mac, then composed their own pages for the Side By Side newsletter.
	Famous Scientists Students researched and wrote biographies of a famous scientist, then converted their writing into HTML to create web pages.
	Endangered Species Habitats Students read about and researched the Endangered Species Act, then selected an endangered species. They researched their species and habitats, visited the Bell Museum of Natural History to learn how dioramas are created and maintained, then designed and built their own miniature dioramas.
	Forensic Science Students learned a variety of scientific techniques used by forensic experts to solve crimes, including finger printing, chemical analysis, cryptography, handwriting analysis and visited with a detective from the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide unit.
	Rocketry & Astronomy Students will have an opportunity to learn about the four forces of flight, the history of space exploration and telescopes. Students will build and launch model rockets provided by Starbase in Minneapolis.