Kindergarten

August/September

The beginning of the school year included learning routines, STEM behaviors, and the role of an engineer. 

Some of our favorite activities included:

• Analyzing how bridges work after we read The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  Students worked to design, test, and improve their bridge designs.  

• Exploring inclined planes (ramps) after reading Ricky the Rock Who Couldn't Roll.  Students planned, with a partner, how to make a nonsymmetrical rock roll.  Students later tested their rocks using a ramp in the classroom.

Students have been having fun as they learn and begin to demonstrate the essential skills of the engineering design process.