Calais Middle School

During the Spring of 2011, Calais Middle School 7th and 8th grade students painted a banner to be used as a light blocking aid for the Schoodic Education Adventure program at Schoodic Point, Maine. The program was created and run by Acadia National Park Ranger Kate Petrie.

The dance group put together a little battle to the tune Footloose.

Well Third Q has come and gone, and the dance class put on a great show. This is a mixed group og 7th and 8th grade students performing a cha cha.

Here is a second installment of the 7th Grade performing their 1st Quarter dance recital.

We thought you might enjoy seeing what the 7th Grade has been up to in their 1st Quarter Dance Class Hope you enjoy!

The 7th Grade class has been studying Passamaquoddy artifacts from the traveling kit put together by the Abbe Museum and the National Park Service. Once we finished our activity, the students were tasked with creating a presentation based on what they learned. Here is the presentation done by Bridgit H.

The 7th grade recently finished a biography project where they had to research an important person, do a variety of activities, and a first person presentation. This is Andrea's take on Walt Disney.

Here is a second episode based on the studies the 7th grade have done about the Wabanaki and Main'e history.
This year the Calais Middle School 7th grade have been studying the Wabanaki (a confederation of 5 Native American Tribes (Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet, and Abenaki) and Maine's history. This episode is by John L.

In response to the question by Pat Foster; Our students used the macbook pro to create these videos. There were actually several programs used to create these. Students searched the internet for photos and imported them into iPhoto, they created the video in iMovie '09, and transferred it into Garage Band to add voice over, music, and background noises.

This year the Calais Middle School 7th grade have been studying the Wabanaki (a confederation of 5 Native American Tribes (Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet, and Abenaki) and Maine's history. So far we have looked at the Maine History and the Wabanaki through pre-European contact, the years of exploration, colonization, and the years of war prior to Maine separating from Massachusetts. The students were asked to create a script that highlights these four eras. This is the first of several episodes we will be sharing. We hope you enjoy them and learn about the Wabanaki and Maine's history. This episode is by Keegan.

A few of our 8th Graders created Lego Robots in Mr. McCormick's Middle School Tech Ed program. Hope you enjoy their work. In answer to J. Hartman's question. Mr. McCormick used a Canon Sureshot A650 to capture the Lego Robotics presentations. There was no external microphone

Recently some 8th grade students were asked, "What does Friendship mean to you?"

The 7th Grade recently read the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor. This episode shows the end of book project created by Keegan N. (with the help of his father).

During October the 7th grade went on a three day two night trip to the Schoodic Education Adventure program. This program was created by National Park Rangers that are assigned to Acadia National Park. The purpose of the program is to use the resources of Acadia National Park as an outdoor classroom to help students learn. Students took a Geology Hike, a Night Hike, Worked with GPS units, did an Art project, participated in a Mock Archeology Dig, did some Marine Investigations (tide pooling) and even got to do a little hands on Marine Chemistry. This episode follows some of the students on the Marine Investigations unit as they search tide pools. To learn more about Schoodic Educational Adventure you can go to
http://www.nps.gov/acad/forteachers/seaprogram.htm

During October the 7th grade went on a three day two night trip to the Schoodic Education Adventure program. This program was created by National Park Rangers that are assigned to Acadia National Park. The purpose of the program is to use the resources of Acadia National Park as an outdoor classroom to help students learn. Students took a Geology Hike, a Night Hike, Worked with GPS units, did an Art project, participated in a Mock Archeology Dig, did some Marine Investigations (tide pooling) and even got to do a little hands on Marine Chemistry. This podcast was put together by Maddy M.

To learn more about Schoodic Educational Adventure you can go to
http://www.nps.gov/acad/forteachers/seaprogram.htm

In October of 2009, 7th Grade students at Calais Middle School attended a three day program called Schoodic Education Adventure. This is a program created and run by National Park Rangers from Acadia National Park. This episode shows Ranger Kate Petrie demonstrating density. To learn more about Schoodic Educational Adventure you can go to
http://www.nps.gov/acad/forteachers/seaprogram.htm

The 8th grade has been studying Newton's three laws of motion. Recently they were tasked to create a "Newton Scooter" in an attempt to prove Newton's Third Law of Motion: For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Here are the attempts made by Meaghan, Lucas, Amanda, Sierra, Alex, Logan, and Mallory.

7th and 8th grade students in Maine enjoy the one-to-one computing ability afforded by a state program that puts a Mac iBook in the hands of each student. For a little bit of fun, I challenged some 7th graders to make a television commercial based on the now famous "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" advertising campaign. They were to show the power of students enjoying a one-to-one computer advantage with their Mac iBooks, over students that had to go to a computer lab. Thank you Sabba, Jordan, Conor and Casey.

7th and 8th grade students in Maine enjoy the one-to-one computing ability afforded by a state program that puts a Mac iBook in the hands of each student.

For a little bit of fun, I challenged some 7th graders to make a television commercial based on the now famous "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" advertising campaign. They were to show the power of students enjoying a one-to-one computer advantage with their Mac iBooks, over students that had to go to a computer lab.

Thank you Sabba, Jordan, Conor and Casey.

During Ancient China Studies, the 8th grade learned about some of China's Emperors. One of the assignments was to read a story about an Emperor, determine the qualities of that Emperor, create symbols for those qualities, and then create a robe using those symbols to honor that Emperor. This is the result.

Megan and Sabba show off their Lego robot named Mr. Roboto in Mr. McCormick's Tech Ed class.

Welcome to "The Wonders Of Our Universe" presented by Mrs. Gardner's 7th grade Science classes.

For the past few months we have been studying Astronomy. Astronomy is the study of all natural objects in space. These objects range from comets and meteors, to planets and moons, to stars, galaxies and interstellar matter.

We are going to take you on a tour of some of these objects in space, so sit back and enjoy the view! In Episode 3 Tara H. talks about The Milky Way Galaxy.

Welcome to "The Wonders Of Our Universe" presented by Mrs. Gardner's 7th grade Science classes.

For the past few months we have been studying Astronomy. Astronomy is the study of all natural objects in space. These objects range from comets and meteors, to planets and moons, to stars, galaxies and interstellar matter.

We are going to take you on a tour of some of these objects in space, so sit back and enjoy the view! In Episode 2 Jordan D. talks about Ecospheres.

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Hi, Mr. Randall here, I'm the 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher at CMS. This summer I was lucky enough to be a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher. I worked for the National Park Service (NPS) as a Ranger so that I could learn more about the NPS and bring that knowledge back to my school. This video was an attempt to show what Saint Croix Island Historic Site has to offer. To see more of my work as a Teacher-Ranger-Teacher see our podcast titled "Saint Croix Island International Historic Site". Thanks for watching.

As part of our Ancient China unit, the 8th grade had to learn the first 6 movements of Tai Chi, and perform them for the 7th grade.

The 7th grade did an activity using casts of artifacts. The artifacts were from the Passamaquoddy people, one of 5 tribes that make up the Wabanaki (Passmaquoddy, Penobscot, MicMac, Mailiseet and Abenaki).

The 7th Grade students from Calais Middle School went to Saint Croix Island International Historic Site to learn about the 1604 attempt by Pierre Dugua to settle the island.

For their Advisor/Advisee class, the Class of 2013 worked on creating and filming "I Believe" statements. As you can see, many of them had their friends help them. This is a sample of their work.

My 8th Grade History class was studying Hinduism, and the caste system. Then, using Garage Band, they had to create a song to show what they learned. This was one I did to show them what I wanted them to do. I'm using this one as a test to see if I can do this.