by Darsa Morrow | Apr 6, 2016 | Keen MInds, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, Student Work
Thanks to Patty Weston’s initiative, Steve Spangler (America’s Science Teacher) announced that a team of Mackintosh Academy-Littleton 7th graders has been chosen to be one of 3 teams (out of 90!) to participate in an egg drop competition at Coors Field...
by Darsa Morrow | Mar 16, 2016 | Global Action, Growing Learners, Keen MInds, News & Events, Older Posts, Our Students
Children are born natural scientists with an insatiable thirst for information. The evidence of this is abundant from infancy to age three where exploration often involves tasting or touching just about everything; this is expanded upon by the ages of inquiry where...
by Darsa Morrow | Feb 17, 2016 | Growing Learners, Keen MInds, Littleton, News & Events, Our Students
Come savor the fruits of our labor. Mack parents, both current and prospective, are invited to enjoy a “Taste of the Apple” on Thursday, February 18 from 5:30 – 6:40pm at the Mackintosh Academy-Littleton campus by attending two 30-minute mini-classes taught by our...
by Gia Medeiros | Jan 13, 2016 | Admissions, Littleton, LIttleton 1st & 2nd Grade, LIttleton 3rd & 4th Grade, LIttleton 5th & 6th Grade, Littleton 7th & 8th Grade, LIttleton Kindergarten, LIttleton Pre-K, News & Events
OK, so…….what is a scientist? The popular view held by most children is that the world of science is owned by wide-eyed, white-coated ‘boffins’ [1]who spend their time poking in test tubes and looking into microscopes, beautifully illustrated by 5th grader, Paige. I...
by Sharon Muench | Feb 22, 2015 | International Baccalaureate, Keen MInds
*Bold words are IB Learning Profile and (PYP) attitudes, characteristics all within the IB community value and strive toward developing. The International Baccalaureate (IB) curricular framework encourages interdisciplinary planning. Science and technology...