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The middle school students created maker proposals this month. They researched and submitted their idea on what they wanted to work on. Students choose wood burning projects, 3D Pen projects, stop motion projects, sewing projects and soldering sculpture projects. As they have finished they have been assisting classmates or choosing new activities. They love the freedom and choices and I love the creativity and skill building. Today the first graders spent their STEM time decorating their Gingerbread Community. On Friday we will be adding trees. We also have skype dates with two other classes in different parts of the United States coming up. Today the fourth graders connected with a group of 3rd graders to contribute to a discussion: What is the most important cultural universal: food, water, shelter or health/safety? The researched and took notes and then recorded their position on a flipgrid. This project made researching fun and interactive. Today it was so wonderful to see how the MakerSpace has become the heart of our building. The first picture shows the middle school students doing science research, the 3rd graders working on a STEM building/coding project and some junior kindergartners using the library area and others using the engineering toys. The next part of our Global Project was to research facts about Michigan, and recorded clues using the Flipgrid app to share with our new friends - to see if they can guess where in the world we are. It is fun making new friends and learning from them. We already have some responses with a challenge to figure out their clues and guess where they are from!
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