3rd grade students using our Lego BricQ kits to better understand forces and motion. Students build track and field event models that moved and students explained what forces were used during the events. They are currently building race cars and will investigate how the tire size affects its speed.
Kindergarten and ESN students are exploring 2D and 3D shapes. We made 3D shapes with playdough and created a robot using 2D shapes. We then learned about primary colors and mixed primary colors to make secondary colors.
Our 1st graders have been engineering bridges to get a lost horse to it's friends in the pasture across the river. Students used Legos and popsicle sticks to create their bridges. They learned that a triangle is stronger than a square.
Our 4th graders are creating plans for a "Tiny Home."
They are designing a tiny 400 sq foot vacation home for our Principal, Mr. Meunier, to use during the summer months. Students drew blueprints to scale and are now designing them on Tinkercad so they can present them to Mr. Meunier!
To compliment the "Farm Animals" unit in their classrooms, our TK students have begun to make some animals for their STEAM Farms in the STEAM Lab.
Our 5th grade classes have been comparing the population of our 50 states and creating a variety of charts and graphs using Google Sheets.
4th graders have been busy engineering windmill lifts to see who's windmill can lift the largest load. They used their background knowle...
