Chess Club at Yukon High School
Yukon High SchoolContributed by Linda Prentice - Library Media SpecialistChess is a challenging game which can help students develop a wide variety of important skills. According to the Oklahoma...
View ArticleReading in a Winter Wonderland
Lakeview ElementaryContributed by Lori Gossen - Library Media SpecialistThese are some photos we took of our "Reading in a Winter Wonderland" activities in the library at Lakeview Elementary. We...
View ArticlePodcast: education2020 and Yukon Virtual School
This 14 minute audio podcast is an interview with Amy Anderson from January 10, 2012. Amy is a counselor at Yukon High School and the counselor for Yukon's Virtual School. Amy explained what e2020...
View Article5th Graders Learn about Prosthetics from Veterans
On January 9, 2012, several U.S. military veterans came to Independence Elementary School and shared a presentation with 5th grade students about prosthetics, prosthetic design, and their experiences...
View Article6th Grade Parents and Teachers Provide Students Feedback on Writing
This semester, students taught by Debbie Callison at the Yukon Middle School 6th Grade Academy have been writing and sharing their poetry online using free, interactive websites hosted by Kidblog.org....
View Article5th Graders Develop Problem Solving Skills with Lego WeDo Robotics
Some 5th grade students at Lakeview Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools are developing their problem solving and computational thinking skills using Lego WeDo Robotics kits. On February 13, 2012,...
View Article6th Graders Learn About Mummification
6th grade students in Kayleen Browning's social studies classes have been learning about mummies and the process of mummification in their unit about Egypt / Ancient Civilizations. To practice oral...
View ArticleLakeview Students Use iPads to Create Presentations
Gifted education students at Lakeview recently learned how to create narrated slide show presentations on the iPads using the iPad app called Explain Everything. 5th grade students will soon be...
View Article7th Graders Use YouTube Clips to Learn About Figurative Language
Yukon middle school students in Ricki Robertson's English class have been studying figurative language and finding examples of figurative language like alliteration, metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia,...
View ArticleDoodles for Google by YPS Middle School Students
Doodle 4 Google is a contest held periodically which provides students an opportunity to design creative homepages for the Google search website. These are a few recent creations by Yukon Middle School...
View ArticleSurrey Hills 3rd Graders Share Their Creative Voices
Third grade students at Surrey Hills Elementary in Yukon have enjoyed new opportunities to share their creative voices online this semester. Teachers Shila Dobbins, Linda Smith, and Joell Slavin have...
View ArticleInterview with Yukon High School Author: Luke Swanson
Luke Swanson is a junior at Yukon High School and the author of the recently published book, "Liberty and Justice for All." The book is a historical novel set in 1865 at the battle of Appomattox, at...
View ArticleLearn About Your Teacher Through Her QR Code
How did parents in your classroom or your child/grandchild's classroom learn about new teachers this year? At Independence Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools, parents of students learning with...
View ArticleParkland Elementary School Library's YouTube Channel
Chris Eskew, the librarian at Parkland Elementary School in YPS, recently created a YouTube channel and uploaded her first video: "Library Procedures."She recorded this with an iPad in different...
View ArticleCommon Core Writing Lesson With AudioBoo: 9/11 Narrated Art
Kayleen Browning teaches 6th grade Social Studies at Yukon Middle School. This year, she asked her students to identify a word which summarized things they had studied and learned about the 9/11...
View ArticleStudent-Created Sequoyah Book Reports, AudioBoo, iPads and QR Codes
Fourth and fifth grade students at Independence Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools are sharing their learning as well as excitement for library books this year in a unique, highly digital way...
View Article3rd Grade Narrated Art About Bats
Third graders in Mrs. Bounds' class at Parkland Elementary School learned about different kinds of bats in October. Working with the Parkland librarian, Mrs. Eskew, Mrs. Bounds helped her students take...
View ArticleYukon Students Learning Computer Programming with Scratch
The December 12, 2012, issue of the Yukon Review featured an article on page 11 about students taking STEM classes with Chris Simon at Independence Elementary School. STEM is an acronym for "Science,...
View ArticleWhy Scratch Club?
This Spring 2013 semester, twenty-four 4th and 5th grade students are participating in "Scratch Club" after school at Independence Elementary. STEM teacher Chris Simon is sponsoring the club, which...
View Article5th Graders Create eBooks on Idioms
5th graders in Sue Hooge's writing classes at Independence Elementary School were recently inspired by students in Indonesia to create their own "enhanced eBooks." Students read and discussed the eBook...
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