We participated in our first STEM activity today. We started by discussing what STEM stands for. The E was hard, but we had some good ideas...experiment, explore, education. For those that don't know, E stands for Engineer. Yes, the 1st Graders became engineers today. Their challenge was to design and construct a ramp by collaborating with a partner. When the ramp was built the students made a clay person to ride in the truck and tested their ramp. They wanted to try to make the toy truck go further than others, but the person couldn't fall out. The students worked well together and made modification to their ramps after testing. Then, we went to the gym to compete. The winning truck traveled the length of 25 pieces of paper. We can't wait for our next STEM challenge. WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR MINDS TO DO!
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Force & Motion STEM
We participated in our first STEM activity today. We started by discussing what STEM stands for. The E was hard, but we had some good ideas...experiment, explore, education. For those that don't know, E stands for Engineer. Yes, the 1st Graders became engineers today. Their challenge was to design and construct a ramp by collaborating with a partner. When the ramp was built the students made a clay person to ride in the truck and tested their ramp. They wanted to try to make the toy truck go further than others, but the person couldn't fall out. The students worked well together and made modification to their ramps after testing. Then, we went to the gym to compete. The winning truck traveled the length of 25 pieces of paper. We can't wait for our next STEM challenge. WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR MINDS TO DO!
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