Twinkle, Twinkle

 Thanks to a grant from Northrup Grumman, our STEAM class received a straw rocket launcher.  Although we didn't reach the stars, our straw rockets did get kids excited about math and science.  They were calculating angles of trajectory, measuring distance, recording data, experimenting with air pressure, and having a BLAST doing it!

The Gingerbread Man Trap

 "Run, Run, As Fast As You Can..."  Why chase when you can TRAP? Students in grades K-2 enjoyed this engineering challenge.  In small teams, they designed and constructed traps to catch and hold The Gingerbread Man.  They had to come up with statements of evidence to support their claim.  Each student worked intently.  They were excited by their ideas!