Sound Bytes

Barbara Butryn, art teacher at Hanes Middle, explains a recent water color project completed by 8th grade students in advanced art class.

Students first practice with water colors. Next they draw with glue any image they choose and then begin working with water colors to fill in the picture. Each color must have at least three values.

Anne, Jason, and Andrew share their Lego NXT projects.

Jason is working on programming the ultrasonic sensor. Andrew is working on an arm that uses the light sensor to detect a red ball. And Anne is working on a program to enable the robot to track along a strip of white tape using the light sensor.

Tyler Canada, Harry Potter wizardry expert, shares his favorite spells.

Spells discussed in this first podcast come from the J.K. Rowling books, movies, and video games: Accio, Alohamora, Expecto Patronum, Wingardium Leviosa, Bombarda, Lumos, Arania Exumai, Carpe Retractum, Glacius, and Incendio.

Clay, Noelle, and Anne introduce listeners to the fine art of sleeping in class.

As expert observers of the pastime among their seventh grade peers, they reveal time-honored tricks of the quick classroom nap.

Artifacts dating from 100 – 1500 AD can be found in this Middle East Museum podcast.

Seventh grade students constructed models of a famous building or object from their studies of the culture and civilizations of North Africa and the Middle East.

Each model is introduced and explained by the student or students who created it.

Artifacts dating from 4000 – 500 BC can be found in this Middle East Museum podcast.

Seventh grade students constructed models of a famous building or object from their studies of the culture and civilizations of North Africa and the Middle East.

Each model is introduced and explained by the student or students who created it.

Artifacts from Modern Arabia are the focus of this Middle East Museum podcast.

Seventh grade students constructed models of a famous building or object from their studies of the culture and civilizations of North Africa and the Middle East.

Each model is introduced and explained by the student or students who created it.

Art and Textiles are the focus of this Middle East Museum podcast.

Seventh grade students constructed models of a famous building or object from their studies of the culture and civilizations of North Africa and the Middle East.

Each model is introduced and explained by the student or students who created it.

Ancient Egypt is the focus of this Middle East Museum podcast.

Seventh grade students constructed models of a famous building or object from their studies of the culture and civilizations of North Africa and the Middle East.

Each model is introduced and explained by the student or students who created it.

Believe in Yourself, Do Your Best, Don’t Give Up Your Sports, For the Love of the Game, Life is a Touchdown, Pain Makes You Stronger, Sports Are Life, Start Small and Get Bigger, Teamwork, Teamwork is Vital, The True Athlete — 7th graders share their “This I Believe” essays.