by Darsa Morrow | Jan 20, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students, Student Work
What is that blue line? Why does it drop down for two days and then go up again for five? And what does azimuth mean? These and other questions lit up the room as students and, later, their parents explored the data generated by our solar panel monitoring system....
by Darsa Morrow | Dec 9, 2015 | Community, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Our Students
Stepping on Legos with bare feet is a common parental gripe, to be sure; after my latest sole-piercing experience, I vowed that this year I would not depend on Lego sets as go-to presents for my boys. That vow really got me thinking about what constitutes meaningful...
by Darsa Morrow | Oct 4, 2015 | Community, Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students, Student Work
In one viewing experience, I cheered; I shouted at the screen; I rolled my eyes; I cheered again, and maybe I even teared up a little. No, I wasn’t watching a football game… I was pre-screening the surprise Sundance Film Festival hit, Most Likely To Succeed. After...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 19, 2015 | Community, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Older Posts
“What is really needed to prepare students as citizens and workers in the 21st Century?” MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, the surprise Sundance hit documentary, addresses that question and begins the search for new solutions. Mackintosh Academy is hosting several...
by Darsa Morrow | Sep 4, 2015 | Keen MInds, News & Events
Re-posted with permission from Maker Boulder. Written by Martha Lanaghan. At the Boulder Mini Maker Faire, we hosted a lock picking table. Adults and children alike sat for hours experimenting with locks and practicing their lock picking skills. One of the parents...
