Chippewa Grade K

In our first class, we leaned all about what STEAM is and attempted a STEAM challenge. Students worked in teams to create the tallest tower possible out of either paper or plastic cups. They used various methods of stacking and compared their results with other teams in the end. The students had some great ideas about which properties made for better towers!

During our second class, kindergarteners discussed what they thought a scientist looked like. We then read the story Rosie Revere, Engineer. We talked about different kinds of STEAM workers including scientists and engineers. We also learned that anyone, including them, could be an engineer or a scientist! We then tried it out by inventing some pretty interesting tools out of Legos, K'Nex, and Brack-itz...

During our third lesson, students read the story Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall. We discussed how the main character's dad showed empathy towards him when he struggled with taking the first jump off of the high-dive diving board. Then, we used spoons, sticks, tape, rubberbands, and more to create our own diving boards/catapults for Jabari to try!

We just started learning how to build bridges in kindergarten and first grade! Here are some of our great ideas!