Students in Daria’s class at Connection High School, have the opportunity to take a Drivers Ed course and experience what it’s like to drive…without leaving the classroom! A Drivers Ed simulator was purchased through a supplemental grant. The students take seriously the responsibility to prove that they are safe and cautious drivers.
Milkweed and Monarchs – Planting
Students at Decker Lake Youth Center got down and dirty yesterday…planting the milkweed seeds in the greenhouse! This was the second session in the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Project sponsored through USBE and the University of Utah’s STEMCAP initiative. Since the monarch butterfly relies on milkweed for sustenance for the developmental stages, the replenishing of milkweed is […]
Driving in the Classroom
The students in the YESS Transition Classroom at Granite Connection High School, under teacher Daria’s supervision, ar elearning to drive…IN the classroom! This drivers ed simulation system was recently purchased through a supplemental grant through the Youth in Care office at USBE. Daria reports that the students have taken this opportunity very seriously and have […]
Acquiring Digital Skills
Students in Sandy’s classes, Digital Media teacher at AIM, and in Tom’s classes, Digital Media teacher at Detention, are attaining digital design skills through the use of Photoshop. The picture on the left depicts a student following a tutorial and learning to use the Photoshop tools. The other picture is a home design drawn by […]
NASA Comes to YESS
NASA – STEM/CAP Activity Write-up by Kath Nelson The youth at Genesis, UNI GTC, and Decker Lake were treated to a special interactive STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) presentation by a NASA scientist! Dr. Dianna Scalise, the Director of Astrobiology Education at NASA, was hosted by Dr. Nalini Nankarni, of the University of Utah […]
Oh, the possibilities in chess!
Van, math teacher at Decker Lake Youth Center, is teaching his students the art of chess. He has explained to them that there are 10120 possibilities of moves in chess! On the day of the photo, he was teaching them chess opening strategies. Students love Van’s math classes so much that they even ask for “homework” […]
Weather Station at DT
David, Science and Math teacher at the Salt Lake Valley Detention Center, set up a weather station outside. It is connected to the Internet and the statistics that it gathers can be seen online. Click on the following link for the Misty Meadows weather station: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KUTWESTV46 . This is awesome David, thanks!
Robber Baron Trading Cards
Students in Brenda’s Social Studies classes created trading cards about the Robber Barons of the Industrial Revolution. They wrote a newspaper article about the Triangle Shirt Fire, and are currently researching ancient civilizations to present to their respective classes. Brenda prepares the templates for students to use, pushes them out to the laptops via LanSchool, […]
YESS Supports DBT & Mindfulness
YESS works closely with the agencies whose youth we serve in an educational capacity. The Mindfulness and DBT approaches are utilized at all of the YESS locations by the facility staff. The YESS staff recently participated in DBT and Mindfulness training to equip us to implement these strategies within the classroom setting. This training has […]
A Tech Approach to History
Brenda, Social Studies Teacher at Decker Lake Youth Center, integrates technology into her lessons. Today, students entered class and got to work on a self-starter with information from the online NY Times website. Their assignment today was to create a digital presentations on Ellis Island.
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