STEM Curriculum

This year, all students in grades K thru 5 will come to the STEM Lab. The STEM Lab is located in the building just outside the Library, and is known as The Little Schoolhouse.  While in the lab, they will receive direct instruction from Mrs. Fields, the STEM Coordinator. Students will learn the elements of the Engineering Design Process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve), by completing design challenges, and project based learning activities.  Students will use what they have acquired in the lab, and apply those skills in their classroom. While in the lab, students will learn that the engineering design process can be applied to all areas. Students learn that in STEM, “It’s the process, not the product!”

Below you will find when your child will come to the STEM lab.

First and Second Quarter:  Kindergarten, Second, and Fourth.  

Third and Fourth Quarter: First, Third and Fifth.

Students use Snap programming to learn how to code.

At the beginning of the year, the students participate in various team building challenges.

Team building challenge.

Sketching is an important skill when creating a design.