WeDo Giants

Did you know that even before electricity was invented, people were imagining "robots"? Stories in Greek mythology refer to a giant Metal monster named Talos who protected the island of Crete. Today third graders designed their own giant and programmed it to scare away possible attackers. Some students even had a chance to add motion sensors. Check out their work - if you dare.

The OREO Caper

Wow! Today 3rd graders got a chance to put their sleuth skills to the test in order to solve this real-life mystery! Someone stole our OREOs! Check out their adventure!

Skyscraper Explorations!

To start off our unit, we explored skyscrapers! Students figured out what it would take to have strength and stability. Then that was put to the test as "hurricane winds" approached the towers. Check out a bit of this awesome day in the following video.

3rd Grade Lego Construction Stop Motion

Third graders were introduced to the art of animation by using stop motion techniques to build and unbuild an object based on a class selected theme. Our theme was ANIMALS. Check out our animated movie.

Fred's Stop Motion Movie

Fourth graders had an opportunity to help our gummy friend, Fred again. Only this time, they invented the "problem". Students were to write stories with a clear plot and no dialogue. The had to develop characters, decide on materials, and were involved in set-design. Then they produced Stop Motion videos where a problem Fred has is solved. We then "App-Smashed" the videos by pulling the product from one app into another app in order to enhance it with titles and background music. Click HERE to check out these creative short stories.

Elves for a Day

Fourth Graders were elves for a day. Their task: to design a new toy that met some pretty specific requests: make noise, be colorful, have moving parts, and have a ball.

Mystery Microscopes

This week third graders got started on our Sleuth unit. They made observations and revealed clues to make inferences.

Coaster Craze

Check out our young 5th grade engineers! They had to design a coaster that they think will be able to come to a stop at the end of the track without flying off.They tried their plan on a coaster simulator and will then be creating 3D models - all while staying under budget! Coaster Craze part 2 Using the design from the coaster simulator, students created 3D models. The challenge: Create a coaster with just enough energy (kinetic/potential) to have the train (marble) make it to the end of the track without going over. Safe brake systems and energy manipulation had to be used to survive this challenge.

Monster Robots!

Today students built robots from a plan,modified monsterfied them, and programmed them. Check out the crazy monster robots!

Fish Eyes!

Students went "fishing" in the deep today while exploring animal adaptations and how the light spectrum changes in water. Check out our Fish-eyed students during this science experiment.