Future Schools Challenge.Ever dream of inventing your own school? Well, hundreds of kids did, and entered our "Design the School of the Future" contest (SW 2/22/99). Using technology and engineering principle--plus a vivid imagination--SW readers came up with `A+' ideas. Entries were judged by representatives of National Engineers Week, MATHCOUNTS and the Junior Engineering Technical Society Each of the 10 winners earns $100 and a year subscription to Science World for their school libraries. Teleporting to School Tristan Bender West Jefferson West Jefferson is the name of three communities in the United States of America:
Students in this futuristic school teleport between classrooms and home. The chalkboard has been replaced by a giant multimedia screen, which shows movies and class lectures, and is controlled from the teacher's desk. Eyes up front, everybody! Old is New Emma Prillaman Country Day School Charles Town, WV Students in this school in 2042 learn about animals and plants through 3-D holograms on individual computers. To study math, science, mechanics, and history, students reconstruct a car from 1999. Now that's an old jalopy! Virtual Learning Joshua Nilson Harrisburg R-VIII Harrisburg, MO Students in this space school use virtual-reality helmets to transport back to the 18th century and learn early U.S. history. Their teachers are merely holographic See holographic storage. images. Gym class is the most fun--playing virtual basketball with Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. ! School: What a Trip! Elizabeth Price Country Day School Charles Town, WV Travel back in time to 1860 to learn about Abe Lincoln. Scuba dive to learn oceanography oceanography, study of the seas and oceans. The major divisions of oceanography include the geological study of the ocean floor (see plate tectonics) and features; physical oceanography, which is concerned with the physical attributes of the ocean water, such as . Take a jet ride around the world to learn geography. This school stresses hands-on learning with the Earth as a classroom. Astronomy class, though, is out of this world! No Books? No Problem! Iris Tomlinson West Jefferson Middle School Conifer, CO The desks come with pencil dispensers, touch-sensitive computer screens, and inflatable in·flat·a·ble adj. Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress. n. An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially: a. chairs. All textbooks are programmed into computers, and you take your assignments home on a floppy disk. The dog can't eat that homework! Electronic Education Zone Daniel Gornetzki I.S. 25 Flushing, NY Students get around school in an electric "autobuggymobileclassroom." This machine has color-coded buttons for each school subject. Students learn by receiving harmless "learning rays" aimed at their brains. Quick, painless, and no need for homework! School can be Fun??? Rob Weiss Wilmington Friends School Wilmington Friends School is a K-12 Quaker school founded in 1748 in Wilmington, Delaware. It was established in the meeting house of the Wilmington Society of Friends on land donated by William and Elizabeth Shipley, who immigrated from Canada in 1742. Wilmington, DE The classroom desks have gum grinders, the gym has a go-kart track, and the chairs float for quick scooting scooting a form of behavior limited largely to dogs. Sliding along on the ground while sitting on the perineal area and with the hindlimbs extended forwards. Caused usually by irritation in the perineal area, chiefly anal sac irritation. around. After school, a plane flies you home and you parachute into your living room. What a day! Greenhouse School Erin Hartz Country Day School Charles Town, WV This whole school is enclosed in a plastic bubble. Classrooms are filled with plants, which absorb the carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. students exhale exhale /ex·hale/ (eks´hal) to breathe out. ex·hale v. 1. To breathe out. 2. To emit a gas, vapor, or odor. . These plants also control temperature and humidity by absorbing and releasing vapor. It's almost like class in a jungle! Robots, oh my! Molly Wilkin Country Day School Charles Town, WV At the "Redwood School," named by its designer, students learn all about organisms by putting nature in the classroom. Robots help care for organisms, tutor students, and even sub for sick teachers. That's pretty cool! Tubular School Caroline Quinio Mother of Good Counsel Louisville, KY Every building in this futuristic school is connected by tubes--pathways for shuttles carrying students to class. The science building has a clear roof to study clouds or stars right from your desk. No spacing out, kids! |
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