Saturday, March 18, 2017

Author Brings Sooper Yooper to Horace Mann

Like other 5th graders across Lakewood and Ohio, Horace Mann students and their teachers have been working hard to learn about many science topics in preparation for the state AIR test at the end of April.  The environment is a major topic in the curriculum. For example, students will be asked questions about threats to our environment, such as invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Well, Sooper Yooper to the rescue!  Author Mark Newman was invited to our school and led an in-depth--and entertaining--discussion with our 5th grade students about many aspects of our Great Lakes.  But what is this Sooper Yooper, you ask?  Well, he is a superhero who protects the Great Lakes from his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (sometimes knows as the UP...get it?!)

Mr. Newman emphasized that it is all of our responsibility to protect and enjoy our freshwater treasures, and he talked with students about what they can do.  I know their natural activist sensibilities were tapped by this session, and they have been hounding Mrs. Morris in the library for Sooper Yooper books since they were introduced.

We are grateful that Mr. Newman is funded through a grant from the Wege Foundation, making his visit free to schools in any of the Great Lake states.  If you want to learn more about Sooper Yooper and his adventures, check out the website:  http://www.sooperyooper.com/


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