Cold Spring and Nathaniel Morton Elementary Schools

This podcast is about the book, “The Sign of the Moon” from the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. The artwork in this podcast is original drawings by Kat.

Learn about the types of Rocks from this podcast.

These students did research about the effects of the earthquake on Haiti.

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is the topic of this podcast.

Arctic Wolves intrigued these students.

Fifth Graders from Cold Spring participated in a Wax Museum at Pilgrim Hall Museum. In these podcasts they present their characters.

Famous Men

Famous Sportsfigures

Famous Women

This year’s fifth graders have created podcasts on a very wide variety of topics.

Learn about a series of books called, The Mysterious Benedict Society.
This is the website of author, Trenton Lee Stewart.

One group of boys tells about the Airforce.
Read more about it here.

Another group of boys gives their suggestions about getting good grades.

Meet a couple of monkeys.
Learn about Jane Goodall’s work with the Great Apes.

Listen to find out about animals and their habitats.
Discover more about the biomes of the world.

Travel back to the time of the dinosaurs.
Learn about dinosaur fact and fiction from the USGS.

Meet Greek goddesses.
Learn more about Greek mythology here.

In this podcast, a group of girls discusses various musical genres.

Listen to this podcast to learn about the piano.
Play an online piano here.

Learn about gelato in this podcast.
See a video and read more about it here.

Pop-Tarts are a favorite snack of these boys.
Find out more about them here.

Meet some stars of popular music and movies.

Here are some suggestions about what to do this summer.

Here is a discussion of the book, The Host, by Stephenie Meyer who is also author of the Twilight series.

Visit Stephenie Meyer’s website to learn more.

We have some new podcasts from Ms. Swetland’s class.

In social studies they have been doing research projects on explorers and have created a radio quiz show.

Find out more about explorers at Zoom Explorers.

Sound has been their topic in science and they invite you to listen.

Learn more about sound at Soundcheck.

Mrs. Diegoli’s class chose a variety of topics, mainly from Social Studies

• The Vikings
• Explorers
• The Real Revolution
• The Government of the United States
• The Johnstown Flood

Mrs. Chambers’ class adds some books that they have read

• Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
• There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis
• Midnight for Charlie Bone from Children of the Red King by Jenny Nimmo 
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
• The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain

Mrs. Anderson’s class talks about their favorite sports.

• Football
• Swimming

Ms. Swetland’s class has been doing research about our federal government.

• The Executive Branch, including the President, Vice President, Secretary of State and the Cabinet
• The Legislative Branch, including the Senate and the House of Representatives
• The Judicial Branch, including the Supreme Court and the Attorney General
• Law Enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secret Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration
• The Internal Revenue Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Institute of Health, and the Armed Forces
• Ben’s Guide to US Government for Kids

After reading Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George and Poppy by Avi, Mrs. Doherty’s class did a research project on the great horned owl. Listen to what they have learned.

• The Great Horned Owl
• Kid Wings