{"id":369,"date":"2014-01-24T23:16:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T23:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2014-01-24T23:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T23:16:45","slug":"grants-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/2014\/01\/24\/grants-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few more stories about 2013 REF grants in Reading schools! To learn more or see a complete list of 2013 awards, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/?page_id=36\">click here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Parker 6th Grade Art Class<\/h2>\n<p>Using iPad mini&#8217;s from a 2013 REF grant, Mrs. Davis&#8217; art class created this stop motion video. \u00a0See below or view on youtube <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HvOAiUDCNP8&amp;feature=youtu.be\">here.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HvOAiUDCNP8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Physics Lab Equipment for 11th Graders<\/h2>\n<p>Students have been working all year with new\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vernier.com\/products\/\">Vernier<\/a><\/span>\u00a0laboratory equipment to study and<a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Coggers-physics-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-280\" title=\"Cogger's physics #1\" src=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Coggers-physics-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a> experiment with key concepts in physics. Made possible by a generous donation to REF by\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingcoop.com\/\">Reading Co-operative Bank<\/a><\/span>\u00a0, students are able to work in collaboration to construct their own knowledge through experimentation. The students depicted here are investigating Acceleration and Changing velocity in Mr. Steve Cogger&#8217;s physics class. To see more photos, check out the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/readingmemorialhighschool.blogspot.com\/2013\/09\/new-science-equipment.html\">principal&#8217;s blog<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Ukulele Lessons at Wood End &amp; Birch Meadow Schools<\/h2>\n<p>2nd through 5th grade students in Ms. Melissa Steiger&#8217;s class are learning to play the Ukulele! REF awarded a grant to purchase 30 ukulele instruments for students to have the opportunity to study music, \u00a0participate in ensemble, and perform solo repertoire on a stringed instrument. Currently Reading schools has no string program, and this pilot is proving how much more our children can learn about music, even with a four-stringed instrument!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-282\" title=\"photo1\" src=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo1-e1390604439641-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Steiger reports, &#8220;Students are learning about chords, song structure and musicianship while enjoying the fabulous Baritone ukuleles. These instruments have quicklly become a favorite activity in the music room. They are helping to prepare our students to be well rounded musicians!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She adds that children who have not shown much interest in music in the past have become highly engaged, as playing a ukulele is more like playing a cool guitar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo2-e1390604304676.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-281\" title=\"photo2\" src=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo2-e1390604304676-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-283\" title=\"photo 2 (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-2-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Parker Piano Lab<\/h2>\n<p>6th and 7th graders in Mrs. Jennifer DiMuzio&#8217;s music classes are learning to play the piano! Using electric pianos obtained by a 2013 REF grant, these kids are learning about pitches, cords, and intervals in a creative and active way!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/piano-photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-286\" title=\"piano photo1\" src=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/piano-photo1-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-287\" title=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few more stories about 2013 REF grants in Reading schools! To learn more or see a complete list of 2013 awards, click here. Parker 6th Grade Art\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/2014\/01\/24\/grants-in-action\/\" class=\"read-more-link\">read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grants-in-action","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingef.org\/ref\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}