Summer at NCS

During the first week of this multimedia class, students learned how to use Photoshop for creating and editing digital graphics. They made a self portrait and learned how to use the main Photoshop tools. Later, the students worked on writing a script, recording and editing their voices, adding music and images for their first podcast.
Enjoy the podcast!

During the last week the multimedia class also created a video podcast about the Robotics class. Many of the students who took multimedia class also took robotics and they prepared this special report on the class.

This week we focused on food preservation. There are lots of ways to keep microorganisms from growing on food - freezing, drying, heating, etc. We experimented with all of these techniques and ended up with dehydrated mushrooms, some super salty beef jerky, and low acid level canned vegetables.
Later on in the week we experimented with our sense of taste. The students "mapped" their tongues to see if different regions corresponded to different taste sensations. We also discussed and experienced how both smell and sight highly influence what we think we are tasting.

The Bible Stories class studied the Joseph story from Genesis during the first week. We made a coat of many colors, and dressed in nomadic costumes in our tent. The second week we focused on the New Testament; Anna and Simeon in the Temple, the boy Jesus in the Temple, the Calling of the Disciples and the Healing of the Paralytic. Each Friday we watched a movie. The first was, of course, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Coat" and the second was "Prince of Egypt," about Moses. We took one field trip over to the Cathedral to see the "Calling of Peter" stained glass window, and to see the mosaics in Resurrection Chapel. Later we made our own mosaic fish, made a model of Herod's Temple, and first century houses made from Legos. It was a fun two weeks!

Celeste, Sophia and Jane made this movie to show off their editing skills. They worked hard turning 12 minutes of footage into a one-minute of movie, they added special video and sound effects as well.

Grades 7–8 • Session 2: July 6–July 17

To begin their study of geography, students were introduced to the five themes of geography; location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction. Once they understood the concepts, they created collages finding pictures that best represented each theme. The class then began their project which consisted of a three week trip to a continent, visiting at least four countries, documenting their stay, travel arraignments, and facts about the country. Upon completion of the project, each student presented their travel journal to the class.

Olivia, Camilla, Jamie and Ben worked on making a movie this week. Special video and sound editing effects are the main focus of this fantastic movie. Enjoy!

During this week, students have been learning the basics of video editing, using iMovie. Students started with this collaborative exercise. They learned how import video, trim clips, and add music and sound effects.

Last, but not least. Celeste's intro.