Frisco Elementary STEM News

 Hi, everyone, Please watch the video news below about what we have been up to in Frisco Elementary STEM! Hopefully you have been seeing your child's work and reflections for grades 2-5 in SeeSaw as well! Video 1 Video 2  (Sorry. I meant to get it in five minutes.) 5K Straw Towers First Grade Lego Creations Enjoy these creative constructions! First Grade Build a Car that Rolls These teams even did the next step of adding something, so you could blow the car to make it roll. The NEXT step involves making it so a Lego passenger can ride in it, and it still rolls. Frisco Turkey Day 5K Sign Up - Please consider volunteering! $4 of each runner goes to our STEM program! Mini-Pumpkin Launcher Results This was really fun, and I can't say enough about the sportsmanship by all! Fifth graders encouraged kindergartners (not in the same division), and all students encouraged each other! Grades 3-5 First Place-5th Grade: Elliott, Henry, and Crosby with 28' 10" Second Place-4th Grad...

 Hello, Frisco Families, First of all, please be sure to check your child's classroom teacher's SeeSaw for some new STEM project reflections in grades 3-5. Secondly, thank you to the PTSA volunteers for the amazing Friday coffee and pastries cart. I feel so spoiled at this lovely school. 5K built straw towers  last week. It is always a trick to help kindergarteners take their masterpieces apart willingly, so there are a LOT of pictures (Will you take a picture of it?!) I am enjoying watching their progress, because generally they begin with a series of single straws that go straight up and are taped to the table. A few start by building a square base, and with a little discussion and observation of others, we had more and more bases and structures that could stand on their own.  1st Grade wrapped up Ozobot bus routes on their classroom towns.  Ozobots will follow a black line, and they respond to code patterns using red, green, and blue. You'll find pictures of them ...

 Dear Frisco Families,  Today, I will be sharing out in written form, because the week got away from me. Sorry about that. You will not be disappointed by some of the fun pictures of the amazing STEM work your kids are doing. Thank you PTSA  for purchasing Mystery Science. Mystery Science is a valuable tool for teacher planning as we create our PYP Planners (units). I am also very appreciative of my new shelving unit that is currently covered with fifth grade biosphere projects. THANK YOU! Turkey Trot Info Stay tuned for information about how to participate and volunteer for Frisco's Thanksgiving Day 5K Turkey Trot. Frisco generously donates $4 from each participant to our STEM program! More information coming soon! 5K and Grade 2 Kindergarten and second grade read Iggy Peck: Architect,  they learned that an architect is a STEM career, and they learned that architects build for beauty, durability, and purpose. After we read, we looked about famous pieces of architect...