Tuesday, January 18, 2022

This Week in the STEM Lab - January 18-21

1st Grade - Students will create the tallest LEGO towers that they can design.

2nd Grade - Engineering Unit - Students will create LEGO bridges that cross a river and will be tested for how much weight they can hold.

4th Grade - Students will learn about digital citizenship and work on activities at Digital Passport.

6th Grade - Social Studies Minecraft Project - Students will continue to create an early civilization by working in their roles.

Monday, January 10, 2022

This Week in the STEM Lab - January 10-14

Kindergarten - Students will use the laptops for the first time and practice their mouse skills using the program "Tux Paint".

1st Grade (snow days) - Students will practice mouse skills by solving challenges in program "Crayon Physics".

2nd Grade (snow days) - Students will begin the Engineering Unit in which they will solve various problems using the engineering design process.  This week's challenge will be the program "Crayon Physics".

3rd Grade - Students will spend the week learning about circuits and designing and building inventions using LittleBits.

Monday, January 3, 2022

This Week in the STEM Lab - January 3-7

6th Grade - Students will continue to build their civilizations in MinecraftEDU based upon their knowledge of the Social Studies unit.

1st Grade - Students will practice mouse skills by solving challenges in program "Crayon Physics".

2nd Grade - Students will begin the Engineering Unit in which they will solve various problems using the engineering design process.  This week's challenge will be the program "Crayon Physics".

Monday, December 6, 2021

Weeks of December 6 and 13 - Hour of Code

The 2021 Hour of Code is here!  All students will participate in fun programming activities including code.org tutorials and Sphero robots.  Everything can be accessed using the link at the top of this page.

 



Monday, November 29, 2021

This Week in the STEM Lab - November 29-December 3

Kindergarten through 5th Grade

Students will be assigned their new code.org course for the school year and allowed time to get started.  Students can access the course from school or home using the links found on the "Code" page of this site found at the top.



Monday, November 22, 2021

This Week in the STEM Lab - November 22-24

2nd Grade

Students will visit the STEM Lab for the first time and work on their typing skills with a fun game called "Keyboard Climber".



Monday, November 15, 2021

This Week in the STEM Lab - November 15-19

5th Grade Native American Regions

Students will use MinecraftEdu to search for an area matching their assigned Native American region and recreate an authentic village using the natural resources available to them.

3rd Grade

Students will discuss engineering and use a program to build and test a working roller coaster.

Monday, November 8, 2021

This Week in the STEM Lab - November 8-12

4th Grade Programming

Students will learn about programming using various methods/resources: Code.org, Logo, Scratch, and Code Monkey.



1st Grade

Students will practice logging in and mouse skills using Tux Paint.

Monday, October 25, 2021

6th Grade Social Studies Minecraft Project

6th graders will use Minecraft to simulate early human life as well as the development of civilizations in connection with their Social Studies curriculum.

Day 1: Early Humans Exit Slip

Day 2: Civilizations Part 1 Exit Slip

Day 3: Civilizations Part 2 Exit Slip

Scouting Reports:

Rodriquez

Wagner

Wilson/Pross

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Welcome to the 2021-22 School Year!

We are currently getting ready to launch the all-new Roland Rogers STEM Lab!  All students will soon have the opportunity to participate in fun, interactive lessons and activities.  Stay tuned for more!