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STEAM CLASS FOCUS
STEAM CLASS FOCUS
Students come to STEAM class once a week for 45 minutes as part of their specials rotation. In class, we focus on grade-level appropriate science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts. We work on fine motor skills through hands-on exploration. We do not strive to be "right" or "perfect" in STEAM class. Rather, students are encouraged to do their best work and, the importance of certain behaviors is stressed throughout each new skill or concept.
Curiosity- asking questions and exploring new concepts
Creativity- having many ideas
Flexibility- open-mindedness to new ideas or ways of doing things
Collaboration- listening and sharing ideas
Critical Thinking- analyzing information and using it to make logical decisions
Perseverance- seeing a task through to the end
Growth Mindset- reflecting and finding ways to improve
Keva Plank Building:
Practicing Basic Skills: stacking, standing, stairs, ramps
Building a fence around an area
Building to hold weight
Building Monsters and Monster Traps
Building Monsters and Monster Traps
Our Table
Our Table
Building different types of tables to make memories with loved ones.
Thankful Towers
Thankful Towers
Working as a team to make towers of things we are thankful for.
Native Home Building
Native Home Building
Students learned about and built different types of native peoples' homes.
K- Pueblo homes: molding and stacking "adobe" bricks.
1st- Teepee homes: decorating with symbols, cutting, wrapping, and gluing to stand up.
2nd- Longhouse homes: Cutting "wooden" strips to create the long structure and arched roof, then covering in rough "bark" pieces.
Directional & Block Coding
Navigating to a spot
Avoiding obstacles
Path challenges
Computer coding games
LEGOs!
Free BuildingÂ
5 Minute Challenges: Animal, Initials, Character, using only a certain number of LEGOs, only one color, something you use at school, etc.
If I Built a School: design and build something you would add to our school
Using animal traits to identify parents.
Animal Classification
Experimenting with different bird beak shapes.
Watching a live camera feed of bald eagle babies being fed.
Kindergarten read a story called, "Ricky the Rock that Couldn't Roll," and used playdough to make flat rocks round enough to roll like Ricky's friends did!
Students built skyscrapers with packing peanuts and toothpicks.
Creative builds with Strawbees!
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