Bring it on!
Despite being an already overwhelmed teacher due to my new position, I have decided to participate in TWO different STEM challenges with my students after school and during our anchor (study hall) period. (My husband thinks I am officially crazy.)
K'NEX Classroom Challenge
For this challenge students in grades 7-9 will construct an athletic stadium model for the 2016 Olympic games in Brazil. Since I am limited in the number of K'NEX pieces I have in my classroom, I made up an application and asked interested students to complete it and return it to me before the thanksgiving break. (K'NEX Application) I will be meeting with my team on Friday to register and work out any scheduling conflicts! I am excited to continue to post about my team's progress.
eCYBERMISSION
This FREE challenge is available to all students and sponsored by the Army. For my grade level, students select a community problem that falls into one of the seven different categories listed on their site (Clean Energy, Fitness & Health, Robotics, etc.). Students work in groups of three or four to develop a process for approaching their problem to find a solution. Students are judged on the steps they take to find a solution, not on whether or not a solution is actually found or implemented. For each team a teacher registers, he/she gets a free STEM research kit! I currently have two teams and I am excited to meet with these students on Monday to get them started!!!
I am super pumped to get to work with these students! I have heard of a lot of different STEM challenges lately for students, but these two stood out as the most interesting and easy to manage (for me!) I urge you to check them out and take advantage of these opportunities!!!
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