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October 20: Family STEM Night, STEM Activities, LMC Action

 Dear Frisco Families,

As I have mentioned before, STEM is flip-flopping with music, and I am lucky to have 55 minute blocks of time to work with. Every week, your child gets two STEM times a week, and every other week, your child gets three STEM times during my month. On Monday, they started music again. Here are pictures of last week's events:

Kindergarten Creativity Planner - Kindergarteners built with different materials as they learned that architects build buildings that are strong, beautiful, and useful. They also made art out of play dough and pipe cleaners.

1st Grade Animal Adaptations and Dash - Students learned to use block programming to program the robot to act like an animal. Some students even programmed the robots with their own sounds.

2nd Grade Cubelets and Lego WeDo Programming - Students learned the basics for programming these robots. Later, we will integrate them into our STEM challenges.

3rd Grade Hurricane Inquiry and Design Challenge - Students researched hurricane damage, and they came up with maker space builds to meet those challenges.

4th Grade Snazzy Sneakers Design Challenge - Students interviewed a member of their team (client) in order to design the perfect pair of shoes for them.

5th Grade Build a Better Backpack / Little Bits Challenge - Students explored Little Bits electronics, and Ms. Brendel's class was able to use the electronics to improve a creative backpack design. Some included wheels that rolled automatically and security alarms!

Random Fun Pics

This month, I will be taking your students once a week to use the library for inquiry and tech skills. This week, students learned where the nonfiction library materials are, which materials connect to their current unit of inquiry, and what call numbers go with nonfiction topics they are interested in. 

VEX started last week, and I love having it during the day from noon to 12:40. I have six fifth grade teams who will compete against two other district elementary schools in February. 

Don't forget about Family STEM Night on October 27 at 6:00 pm! Please sign up on this Google Form:)

https://forms.gle/DXeGnNnP8NgqoDk16

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