4th grade

Light Sabers

May 2024

Play Dough Pianos

April 2024

Paper Circuits

April 2024

The 4th graders made paper circuits to illuminate a Bible verse about light with an LED bulb.

Makey Makey

March 2024

The 4th graders have been experimenting with the conductivity of different objects with a Maeky Makey circuit board.

Pasta Derby

December 2023

The 4th graders were challenged to build a car using only pasta and hot glue.

Lego Six Bricks Challenges

August 2023

Can you build a model without showing your partner and then tell him how to build it without allowing him to see your model? Can you stack 12 bricks on the small ends to make a tower? How many bricks can you hang off the edge of the table?

Light Sabers

May 2023

Play-Doh Pianos

April and May 2023

Paper Circuits

April 2023

The students applied what they learned about electricity and made paper circuits Watch the video below to see how this was done.

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Testing Conductivity

March 2023

This week the 4th graders used a Makey Makey circuit board to test the conductivity of objects.

Charlotte Motor Speedway STEM field trip

February 24, 2023

LEGO Christmas STEM Challenge

December 2022

The students were given pictures of Christmas objects to build from LEGOs.

Nutcracker Christmas tree

Slinky

November 2022

We read The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring, learned about the science of Slinkys, and made an obstacle course for them. We learned that metal Slinkys today have fewer coils than they originally did so they do not go down stairs the same way.

Lego 6 Bricks

August 2022

We started the year in 4th-grade Computer Science and STEM class with LEGO six brick building activities. These are activities that challenge students to use problem-solving skills. One challenge was to stand back to back with your partner and build an object with 3 bricks then use words to tell your partner how to build the exact same thing.