Chinese Exhibition of Learning
Project Description: Children are so curious about their environment. They love to explore. This semester we had so much fun observing our environment more closely and learning about living things. We started by establishing what is living and what is not. We grew...
Upper stem Exhibition of Learning
Project Description: Children are so curious about their environment. They love to explore. This semester we had so much fun observing our environment more closely and learning about living things. We started by establishing what is living and what is not. We grew...
ELE 2 – Ms. Sophia
Our project for this term entailed learning about the Solar System and discovering whether there is 'life on other planets'. It involved learning about the planets, sun and moon. It took the form of making a book followed by making a model of a Solar System.This was...
ELE 2b, Mr. Finn
Hello! Welcome to Mr. Finn’s class. This semester has been quite an interesting one and, as a result, we focused heavily on literacy and science. Every week we introduced different sight words because we wanted to get the kids on the right track towards reading. ...
Leadership and Service: 5th and 6th graders go to Xichong
Leadership, adventure, literacy, and service: The 5th and 6th graders do a deep dive into the book Island of the Blue Dolphin for a two week immersion. The students spent 5 days camping and learning valuable leadership skills while also doing a beach clean up....
Chinese Sci Fi Project
Students did a deep dive into science fiction in Chinese class. But when asked about an authentic way to share their stories, light boxes with motion and infrared sensors came to mind, so the MakerSpace, led by Ms. Rachel, created a Microbit and MakeCode boot camp...
Gear and Pear exhibition
There were dozens and dozens of amazing booths at the Nanshan School Maker Faire. Every year, SAIS puts on the faire to give the local education community a chance to come together.Every school, education business, teacher, parent, and kid in the area is...
Ed Share Talks
At the Nanshan School Maker Faire, SAIS organized a presentation room for teachers to present stories and insights to other educators. The presentations were about 10 minutes long, a mixture of Chinese and English, and had a broad topic range. Teachers came...