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Show Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday April 5, 2001 9 t 1 p-y-- Wellington Elementary r f j ' CJ i ' yjr i s s . t 's. - v ijr-- - " w . . U ,1 ; v.V. 5:v- 'v - te - ' vV, ' fvj7to: ni-5'- . V riw 3?Sf. 'K School Land This! program enhances learning at Wellington school ;k ... .j )V- - : . y present any educational information, diagrams, graphic? or photos available on the Internet to the entire class, The monitors are also interfaced with the school's nine newly purchased videolabs Ilex cameras. The flex camera allows teachers todisplay over the monitor, itemswhich ape magnified for whole class dlscusskm. The .vrV help them identify with the character Jimmy m the book by James B. Garfield. Students took turns . joyed the experience but were glad to remove the blindfolds. ' The fourth grade class also learn to apply splints and slings.', - Tlie school also has new microscopes donatedto the fourth grade by WAAIME. In additlon,jrs. Holly Hall smartfroarri at tiwtT(?FTofepeuy,TMsis an efcytrwnicwhitrfinard that gap act Maaomptrigr acreien. it can also act as a screen for the flex cam. v.V .qq '. .a' , . Inaschool wide effort to bring Internet technology to everyclassroom In Wellington Elementary School the school utilized School Land Trust funds to buy five 35 inch televislonmonltors for the upper grades. Tley also purchased five converters, enabling the school to bring internet into each classroom not onjy on one single computer monitor, but to the entire dass using the television monitor. Classroom teachers are now able to wr A iW rr7 '4 r i r. ''M--- .. ;k . l f.- -' y- - f i'V? I ' $ ( fa ' 4, JLa.' b J'Cjfcj ' f Third graders demonstrate the compound machine they constructed as part of the Utah ulum. The fifth graders learned how combining simple machines can make work easier. - W'lM Mi Ipf, 1 -, 1.4- - ;?; ; ' f '."j ' " "- -1 JJ Lik. : 'I., i ' ft ' ".Jgf "1 ri i $ .VVJ i t ;--h fa---: yr-.- t?r-J -- ' i, - ? Wrrfa.i rr .s: I . .;. A .. . 'rS , "' ' : - ; Vi ' h. -- ?i!--".- . , i rfo V fa i : - "'V 'V .' - I? irp ftvl : K O' r r ' s' I . - y-.-- - 7 Students donn thek1 v- A. 14- : . science core curric- . 1 ' - : : f date 'i r 7f? yj'3 M is 'G V'sf ' : '5 ' V . iM -' cV. fa I rj X? I'W' vfafa:jL Lt-- VV r'l tV .( ' i v j , ;ikf f! li skates for the Respect. Responsibility and Integrity activity in the Wellington Elementary gymnasium 1 This trimesters reward activity for Respect Responsibility and Integrity! was a skating party in the gym. Students whose behavior. to bring roller blades ; was appropriate during the trimester were invited and scooters to ride in the gym. . i - '&;'- J S ' vV-- r - 'i y - 7 f w ' (y is MM ? - U..W p'U r if. ' i'i- - ' : J- j rr S 1 In ?. j. ; 4 4S ? .... -- A I . ft, . V ; t ! Fri h. 1 i J - : !A Wellington students perform the Mexican hat . dance as part of a National Schools assembly to acquaint students with multiple cultures. V.7 ss , S F3 V c , . J k . , V . ; and a basketball are used to and Jupiter. Approximately 300 people came demonstrate the law of gravity. fa to enjoy learning about the night sky. ' f-- 1 ; A bowling ball i ' . d - i V 1 . Wellington students and. parents were to a star party that niri, with three telescopes set up to view the moon, Sahim h . : travel. The school day ended with a rocket ' launch. ,S' v : ing various times id the night During upper and lower grade assemblies, the students learned about the science involved in space ' f? - The AstroVan from Hansen Planetarium visited on March 25. Students participated ' in grade level groups as the presenter used a computer mock-u- p to display consteila- firms and planets in the night sky. The shk dents were able to look at the portions dur-- . , r Visit from AstroVan v &, Ufa t A ' -- ' fa v M- - t Vt '' Elementary studentsparticipate in a demonstration showing how things can be bothered they learn about Newton's laws of physics during the AstroVan visit as |