On Monday the students finished working on their ramps and cars from the week before. They competed to see which group could create the car and ramp that went the farthest distance. They tested their cars on Tuesday and found…
STEM: Science Olympics [Week 5]
STEM: Science Olympics [Week 4]
Science Olympics Protect Eggs From a Fall [Week 4]
In the beginning of the week, students formed teams to create a device to protect their passenger (an egg) from a fall. They used recycled material to secure their passenger. On Wednesday, the students designed ramps from recycled cardboard and…
STEM: Science Olympics Build Bridges [Week 3]
Students in the STEM: Science Olympics class started off their week learning about the physics of a straw tower. They learned that triangle shaped bases are the sturdiest because the weight of the tower is evenly distributed. They used the…
STEM: Science Olympics [Week 3]
STEM: Science Olympics Forges Foil Boats & Paper Towers [Week 2]
In the beginning of the week, the class built boats from tin foil in an effort to hold the most pennies in a competition. If kiddos completed the penny challenge, they got to build even bigger boats – to hold…
The Summer of STEM
This summer we are offering two fun STEM classes, STEM Workshop: Science Olympics and Explorations in STEM: Discovery. Both classes started off the week with a cup stacking team activity. Science Olympics This week our students created Lego bridges to…