This is an integrated challenge — which asks student to utlize tools to engineer a cart that rolls and transports a stuffed animal (powered by a robot). It’s a one day challenge, packed with a lot of different skills: make…
Students begin programming robots in grade 4K. We use block based programming for grades 1st-5th and push button/color tiles/path drawing programming in grades 4K-Kindergarten. The first year we did this, I had grade levels assigned to the following robots: 4K:…
This is a yearly challenge. Each grade level works on a STEAM challenge, after reading a book! 4K: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 5K: The Three Bears 1st: The Three Pigs 2nd: Muncha, Muncha, Muncha 3rd:…
Grab yourself a few black lights and black light reactive materials and you have yourself a GLOW Week in STEAM! You’d be surprised what in your room already glows under black lights. I did purchase a few things and have…
I purchased one of the Speedometry STEM Kits from Hot Wheels off of eBay, after realizing that Hot Wheels was no longer offering their grant program for them. It came with a lot of vehicles and several key accessories we…
Our shipment FINALLY arrived — three years in the making — these kits were hard to find and purchase in bulk at the price we desired! K’Nex kits come with a direction booklet, similar to how LEGO kits come with…
26 years in as an educator and I still vividly remember so many parts of my first year. I know now that I looked at teaching with rose colored glasses– with a skewed ideology of what it would be like….
The majority of our challenges have a heavy focus on engineering, with science, art, and technology support. The Physics Grade Level Challenges, though, spotlight science. I’ve had good responses from grade level teachers. We’ve worked with these challenges for every…
We utilize two LEGO kits for elementary students: LEGO WeDO 2.0 LEGO Education SPIKE Essential Students in grades 4K-5 work through a LEGO challenge. 4K uses just bricks, while Kindergarten – 5th grade use the robotics kits. Each grade level…
Circuitry standards don’t {officially} start until fourth grade, but that doesn’t stop us from exploring and applying what we’ve learned about circuitry into our projects in grades K-5. We work with a variety of circuits: littleBits Circuit Cubes Makey Makey…
