3rd Grade Courses

Storybook STEM - CLOSED CLOSED!!! (4/25/22)

Course Available - Period 1

Target grades: 2-3

Raise your hand if you love reading!! Storybook Stem incorporates key literacy skills with math, science, and engineering. Our weekly activities will center around some of the most well loved children's books.

Gogh Art

Course Available - Period 1

Target grade: 3

Students will examine various artists and art periods throughout time and learn how art has reflected as well as influenced past and present cultures. Students will create their own artwork, sometimes referencing the styles of famous artists and other times producing artwork that reflects their own personal aesthetics. Some examples of the art lessons include painting, creating mosaics, and developing 3D sculptures.

Crazy 8s Math

Course Available - Period 1

Target grades: 3-4

Crazy 8s is a math club unlike any other! It offers unique, high-energy math activities that appeal to kids of all math abilities. Students will be hands-on when learning a variety of topics such as measurement, time, and basic math facts to name a few. This class will have children look at math through a different perspective.

Mathopoly

Course Available - Period 2

Target grades: 2-3

Who is ready for family game night? Your child will have an opportunity to create their own math game that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Students will be exposed to several different board games that will help inspire them to brainstorm and create their very own math game.

Lego Robot Masters

Course Available - Period 2

Target grades: 2-3

Students will explore how robotics can be used to help humans do different types of jobs. They will build and code robots using LEGO WeDo 2.0 robotics kits. They will also use LEGOs to modify a robot design to make it bigger and more powerful.

Just Jump!

Course Available - Period 2

Target grade: 3

Students will have fun jumping their way to improved cardiovascular health while being introduced to and practicing various individual, partner and group jump rope skills. This course culminates with students creating and performing a jump rope routine.

A Walk Back in Time

Course Available - Period 2

Target grades: 3-4

This class will take children to important ERAs throughout time. Students will research, present, and even debate about significant time periods in life. Kids will recreate important events and construct important inventions that have changed and developed our world. Adventure through the journey of time in American History!

Engineering Rocks!

Course Available - Period 3

Target grades: 2-3

Students will explore structures, simple machines, and movement using Rokenbok STEM kits. They will focus on concepts such as how to make things strong, how to make things move, how to measure, and how to use a design and engineering process to solve a challenge.

Read Alouds for STEM

Course Available - Period 3

Target grade: 3

Students will listen to stories, discuss ways to be resourceful, persevere, find alternative energy sources, use perimeter, area and geometry. Then students will use their creativity and imagination to design their “dream room”, paper sculptures, “smart homes” and 3 dimensional sculptures using simple materials.

Old School Gaming

Course Available - Period 3

Target grades: 3-4

This course will take students back to the beginning of the video game era. They will research how video game consoles game about, the improvement of visual graphics over time, and create their very own game. Students will be able to see and play some classic consoles like Atari, Sega Genesis, Playstation 3, PS5, and first hand experience of virtual reality. A true course that will take you back in time.

Better, Faster, Stronger -COURSE CLOSED!!! (4/22/22)

Course Available - Period 4

Target grades: 2-3

This course focuses on students improving their speed, agility and quickness as well as their overall fitness and stamina. The approach to improving these skills will be fun and active yet also incorporate the benefits of goal setting and tracking progress. This course culminates with students developing their own fitness routine based on the many exercises taught in this class.

STEM Activities

Course Available - Period 4

Target grade: 3

We will explore fun STEM activities designed to engage students through hands-on experiments and activities. Chemistry, life sciences, physics, engineering and more. Students will be making their own roller coaster, an anemometer, paper bridge, floating magnets, password duel and much more.

Future Engineers

Course Available - Period 4

Target grades: 3-4

This course will have students understand the process engineers and designers follow when making their visions come to life. Students will build suspension bridges, reconstruct catapults that date back to medieval times, and figure out how to make vehicle prototypes through plastic bottles. Students will see just how creative their young minds can be.