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If you have checked an item out from the STEM Center, please be mindful that we will need to have it back at the STEM Center for an end of the year inventory check. We are asking at all items be returned no later than May 15th.
To return items, please write To: STEM Center From (insert your name and building here)
It can then be sent through School Dude. Your custodian can help you with a School Dude ticket.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
It is that time of year again. Our 4th and 5th grade students across the district will be engaging in a Shark Tank themed economics unit. Students will be thinking of problems that need solutions, using design thinking strategies, collecting data, researching, creating prototypes, and presenting their prototypes to a panel of judges.
The winning student or group will advance to the district finals that will be hosted by LTU in early May. They will pitch their prototype to local business community members.
This is a great example of students learning ELA, math, science, and social studies as well as Arc of Inquiry and 21st century soft skills all at the same time.
Staff across the district who attended Square One's Underwater Rover PD a couple weekends ago that a marvelous time! We were all absolute beginners and had no experience when we arrived. Square One has such wonderful presenters that created an environment for us to be comfortable not knowing and learning as we go. It was a great experience to be in the student's shoes as we built, felt proud, laughed and moved on from mistakes ( or as the instructors state There are no mistakes, just problems that need solutions.)
We know field trips can be difficult and hold many time constraints. However, did you know we can come to you? We are more than happy to visit you for an activity OR to visit on a schedule created by you yourself and us so we can have students explore opportunities that may require more time than a field trip allows. Here is a list of SOME of the resources we are eager to try in classrooms.
- Strawbees
- Microbits
- More in-depth Design Thinking Challenges
- LEGOS
- Makey Makey's
Please reach out to us and let us know you would like to work with us and try one or more of these resources.
National STEM Day was Wednesday, November 8th. We thought that would be the perfect day to celebrate the district STEM Center and cut the ribbon marking a day that will begin endless opportunities for students. Opportunities that will help them grow, and opportunities to realize new inquiries and passions that may lead them into their future careers.