The fourth graders had the opportunity to participate in a live interview with Ella Al-Shamahi, a Paleoanthropologist. Mr. Steve, who hosted the interview was connecting with us from South Africa and Ms. Al-Shamahi was talking to us from London. The students also got to chat informally before the interview officially started and met another teacher from Nepal. It was cool seeing four continents represented in the interview and finding out about the different time zones.
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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 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. 5th and up were asked to record a brief message on Flipgrid to answer the question "Why is STEM fun?" They were also asked to brainstorm other ways to use flipgrid which some of the students use this topic to share as well. Click here to hear what the students had to say. |
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