Jayden's IRP

Tonight, Jayden got to show off his IRP (Independent Research Project).

His school gives them a general theme to work with and they have to come up with the rest on their own. They did one in the fall semester and one this semester. Last semester's theme was "Community Helpers" and they had to choose a person that helped the community (I bet you couldn't guess that) somehow. Jayden chose to interview his Great-Grandpa Sutherland (my mom's dad) who is a retired Air Force pilot. He got to go see the base, take pictures with the airplanes, interview Grandpa and make a life-sized version of himself dressed as a pilot. It was really cute but poor Jayden was sick for the IRP night so he didn't get to talk about it.

This time, the theme was Science. Guess who was so excited? Yep. John. Together, he and Jayden came up with an experiment (on a first grade level) to see how salt affects the phase transitions of water. I think if you click on the picture, you can read his poster.

It was pretty fun to see all of the kids in the entire student body (K-8) with their projects!

Good job, Mr. Jayden!