Here’s your first STEM challenge. Summer means s’mores and your task is to create a s’mores oven using the following materials.  Don’t forget to send me pictures or emails of your finished products!

Summer is a great time of the year to create & explore.  Students in grades 3-5 will be bringing home their science journal as well as a Summer STEM Activity sheet. Cross off each activity you do from the choice board.  Make sure you plan out your project in your notebook and document what worked and what didn’t work.  Remember, scientists and engineers are always testing and redesigning their creations…don’t be afraid to make a mistake and try again!

I’d love to see what creative things you come up with!  Take pictures and email me or share with me using your Google Drive!

Check back weekly during the summer for a new challenge each week!

Today 2nd graders finished up their bubble wands.  We tested their innovative designs.  Some students realized that they had to reconfigure their wand shape and try again!

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This week students created straw rockets in first grade.  Students tested their rockets and measured to see whose rocket went the furthest.

Second grade students engineered a better bubble wand.  Students worked together using straws and yarn to create a new bubble blower. Stay tuned next week when students will test their prototypes!

Our third graders found a kindergarten buddy to plant with!  Students cleaned up the front of the school and added some flowers to our flower beds.

First graders are becoming Google experts! My firsties have been using Google Classroom as a new way to learn!  This week, we watched videos on the life cycle of butterflies.  Students are creating a slide show to explain the stages to a our kindergarten friends .

Today 4th graders worked with fractions as we followed recipes to make ice cream. While some teams were not as successful as others…we sure did have fun!

Feel like trying it at home? Here’s the recipe:

I absolutely love how our area robots turned out!  These 2nd graders turned these teeny tiny squares in to creative, unique robots!

April has been a busy yet fun month in Enrichment! We are learning many new math and science concepts, but most importantly we are becoming scientists and mathematicians.

Here’s what we’ve been learning this week:

4th grade classes changed a simple demonstration in to a science experiment by adding a new variable—which soda has a better reaction with Mentos candy?1st grade had mini math workshop! We practiced our addition skills playing Math Jenga!
2nd grade students explored the concept of area. We are in the process of making Area Robots.  Check back next week for the finished product!

This Friday, students in kindergarten continued to explore rocks.  1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders discussed Earth Day and looked at rock specimens using our brand new microscopes.