I was going to add these photos to the previous post, but thought they were just too good to post at the end of that post. Today was the last day of our STEAM Challenge-Bridge Building. Students put finishing touches, completed all of their evaluations, cleaned up their area, and worked on their presentation skills. It was a busy, busy day! I am so proud to introduce the most amazing bridges that held 12 pounds of weight. They would have held more, if I had more weights to add to it, but I did not. I also want to say thank you to the parents that were able to make it in for the presentations today. The students loved it and did an amazing job explaining STEAM to their parents. I am so incredibly proud of all of them! Enjoy the final STEAM Week Bridge Building Challenge pictures!
Students have been actively engaged as engineers building Popsicle bridges. On Monday, we started off as a grade level watching videos on different types of bridges and brainstorming materials bridges were made of. After that, students returned to the classrooms where I provided them with further information to help them understand the different parts of bridges, what bridges are used for, and examples of bridges with an example of a Popsicle bridge to match the real one. After that, I divided students into groups where they began the process of planning the type of bridge they wanted to build, giving it a name, and sketching out how it should look when it is done. I've attached pictures below of their work on Monday and Tuesday. I will update this post with pictures from today, Thursday, and Friday morning as I take them.
Parents, don't forget Bridge Presentations are Friday afternoon from 2:00-2:45. We look forward to showing off the awesome bridges your Engineer is creating! Monday's Pictures:
Next week is STEAM Week! Students, if you can tell me what STEAM stands for you'll get a surprise on Monday morning!! Post a comment to this post, with your answer. I cannot wait to share with you our exciting challenge for the week. You all are going to love it!! Have a fantastic weekend!
I hope you enjoyed this beautiful April Fool's Day off! Tomorrow we are back to work learning. No, I'm not playing a trick on you! You really have to come back to school tomorrow. I cannot wait to see your bright, smiley faces!
We all survived the week of testing!! I'm so proud of the entire class and how hard they worked during the test. As I was walking around, I noticed how they read the directions, took their time working on each problem, and checked their work after they completed each section. I can truly say that they gave all they had all week long. I look forward to seeing the results, sometime around May. Now we resume normal operations! The class told me yesterday that they were actually glad we were getting back to normal routine. After a week of Read Across America activities and last week of testing, our schedules were turned around, so it will be nice to resume normalcy. Have a great weekend!
