Frisco Elementary STEM News

Family STEM Night Challenge: Use your STEM materials to create a portrait of your principal. I think Henry's family nailed it. Dear Frisco Families, Enjoy the last video update of the year, and please be sure to check out the accompanying photos. Photos 5th Grade Raft Challenge Family STEM Night Families used the same STEM materials to complete as many challenges as they could in a set period of time. Frisco STEM Electives Kindergarten Triangle Builds 2022 STEM Electives Menu and Primary STEM Electives Ballot Random Pictures:) Family Tech Information Read through this very important information from Central Office about your child's Chromebook or iPad! There is also a link to my favorite family tool Common Sense Media. Find out if movies or t.v. shows have content that you might find questionable, and check out their rating system for learning games. There is even a tab for parental advice, because I know we don't all have the answers for child cell phone boundaries. I lo...

Dear Frisco Families, I am looking forward to seeing the families who signed up for Family STEM Night on May 18 at 6:00! I will see you in the STEM lab next to the library-media center for some creative building time. Kindergarten focused on creativity and building strategies this week, as they used pipe cleaners and playdough to express themselves. We looked at other kindergarten work in order to get ideas for different ways to put the materials together, and several worked as a table to create things like a restaurant. First grade got to build the Lego wall, and the Lego wall is featuring inventions by kids!  Second grade built aluminum foil boats that float and hold as many bottle caps as possible. After they drew a paper prototype in order to ideate (brainstorm) individually, they shared their ideas with their table in order to come up with a group plan. They are getting better and better at collaboration. Fourth grade tested their creations to protect eggs from forces. We had ...

 Hello, Frisco Families, Please watch the 5 minute video sharing what we have been learning about in the last few weeks! Do be sure to open the links below for photos, too. Family STEM Night Please join us on May 18th at 6:00 in the STEM / Library Media area for some STEM fun. Complete the Google Form letting me know you and your family are coming:) Clubs Update Lego WeDo challenges were a ton of fun, and that club is officially finished. You can find photos of student work below. VEX Robotics will meet at 7:30 AM on May 5 and for one final time on May 9 at 7:30 AM . Pictures and video to come. I am so pleased with student strategies for collaboration, as they divided up tasks to get their robot built. Sewing Club will meet one last time May 10 at 8:00 AM.   There is a solid possibility that we will spend a little time teaching the kids to hand sew for the final touches. Photos: Lego WeDo Club Projects Kindergarten - Brain Flakes Constructions 1st Grade - Sound Projec...