Monday, October 14, 2024

Week of 10/14-10/18

Kindergarten - Students will use the laptops for the first time and learn mouse skills using Tux Paint.

1st Grade - Students will use Tinkercad to create a 3D design.

2nd Grade - Students will program our Indi robots.

4th Grade - Students will work on their code.org courses.

Monday, October 7, 2024

Week of 10/7-10/11

Kindergarten/1st Grade - Students will use our Rigamajig building set to use their creativity and engineering skills to build something new.

2nd Grade - Students will received the 3D printed ball mazes they designed and will customize them with paint markers.

3rd Grade Project - Google Earth Road Trip - Students will create their own tour in Google Earth that includes places they've visited and places they'd like to go.

Monday, September 30, 2024

Week of 9/30-10/4

3rd Grade - Students will learn about cyberbullying and how to best handle it.

4th Grade Project - Roller Coaster Physics - Students will learn what makes roller coasters work and design and build their own using "Disney Coaster".

5th Grade - Students will use problem solving as they work on their code.org courses.

Monday, September 23, 2024

Week of 9/23-9/27

Kindergarten/1st Grade students will use Sphero Indi for the first time to practice creating a program.
2nd Grade students will use Tinkercad to design a ball maze to be 3D printed.
3rd Grade students will use Sphero BOLT for the first time to practice programming.
5th Grade students will practice latitude and longitude skills using Google Earth.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Week of 9/16-9/20

Kindergarten will visit the Lego Wall for the first time and read "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds to inspire their creations.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classes will visit the STEM Lab and try out their Code.org course for the first time this school year.

Monday, September 9, 2024

Week of 9/9-9/13

 All homerooms will come to the STEM Lab for the first time for an intro lesson.

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Welcome Back!

 The 2023-24 school year is here!  I look forward to seeing all of our students in the STEM Lab soon!

Monday, May 8, 2023

NJSLA Testing - May 8-26

 3rd - 6th graders will take the NJSLA in math, ELA, and science (5th)