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title: The Ross School Blog | Spiral Curriculum
description: Spiral Curriculum | The Ross School Blog is a window into the tesseractic honeycomb of ideas that permeate the Ross experience, each post a plane in a spiraling fractal pattern. Students, teachers, and staff will be posting on an infinite variety of subjects—history, economics, media, science, art, video games, Bach, cheese, cryptozoology, race car design, the finer points of cat grooming, you name it—and we’ll occasionally dig back into the archives to share timeless treasures. In addition, we’ll keep everyone up to date about the exciting things happening on campus.
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# [blank blank blank ``` ``` The Ross School Blog](https://blog.ross.org/)
## [Grade 8 Calorimetry Lab](https://blog.ross.org/grade-8-calorimetry-lab)
Feb 11, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
Grade 8 students conducted a calorimetry lab this week. They calculated how much energy is contained in various snack foods by burning the food and..
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## [Congratulations Seniors!](https://blog.ross.org/congratulations-seniors)
Feb 08, 2022
[Art](https://blog.ross.org/tag/art), [Events](https://blog.ross.org/tag/events), [Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Performing Arts](https://blog.ross.org/tag/performing-arts), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students), [Community](https://blog.ross.org/tag/community), [Senior Projects](https://blog.ross.org/tag/senior-projects)
Senior Project Performance and Exhibition Nights were a huge success and presentations have kicked off to a great start!
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## [Lunar New Year at the Lower School](https://blog.ross.org/lunar-new-year-at-the-lower-school)
Feb 07, 2022
[Education](https://blog.ross.org/tag/education), [Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Performing Arts](https://blog.ross.org/tag/performing-arts), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students), [Community](https://blog.ross.org/tag/community), [Cultural History](https://blog.ross.org/tag/cultural-history)
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## [Grade 2 Spotlight: Earth Systems Investigations](https://blog.ross.org/grade-2-spotlight-earth-systems-investigations)
Feb 02, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
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## [Grade 1 Spotlight: Inclined Planes](https://blog.ross.org/grade-1-spotlight-inclined-planes)
Jan 28, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Science](https://blog.ross.org/tag/science), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
This week in Grade 1, students studied inclined planes. They learned that an inclined plane is a straightforward machine consisting of a ramp used..
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## [UnCommon Harvest](https://blog.ross.org/uncommon-harvest)
Jan 28, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students)
Joel Carlin's Advanced Environmental Science class prepares students for the AP exam on environmental topics. Their "UnCommon Harvest" assignment..
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## [The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://blog.ross.org/the-legacy-of-dr.-martin-luther-king-jr)
Jan 17, 2022
[Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students), [Community](https://blog.ross.org/tag/community), [Core Values](https://blog.ross.org/tag/core-values)
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## [Core Values in Action: Grade Six Community Service](https://blog.ross.org/grade-six-community-service)
Oct 21, 2021
[Faculty](https://blog.ross.org/tag/faculty), [Local](https://blog.ross.org/tag/local), [Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [News](https://blog.ross.org/tag/news), [Students](https://blog.ross.org/tag/students), [Core Values](https://blog.ross.org/tag/core-values)
Grade six students had the opportunity this week to serve our community through an activity with Hazel Wodehouse, one of Ross School's Science..
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## [The Nexus Lecture Series—Professor Johannes Wagemann](https://blog.ross.org/the-nexus-lecture-series-professor-johannes-wagemann)
May 15, 2019
[Events](https://blog.ross.org/tag/events), [Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum), [Nexus](https://blog.ross.org/tag/nexus)
On Saturday, May 4, [The Nexus Lecture Series](https://www.ross.org/nexus) continued with a presentation on the structure and role of mental action in the evolution of..
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## [Meet the Domains—Media Studies and Technology](https://blog.ross.org/meet-the-domains-visual-arts-0-0-1)
May 07, 2019
[Media Studies](https://blog.ross.org/tag/media-studies), [Technology](https://blog.ross.org/tag/technology), [Spiral Curriculum](https://blog.ross.org/tag/spiral-curriculum)
In this installment of Meet the Domains, [Media Studies and Technology](https://www.ross.org/learning/upper-school/academics/media-and-technology) is getting the spotlight.
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