Monday, Sept. 26

Verplanck's STEM Scholars

Using "Noodle Blocks," kindergartners created models of a variety of things.  Pictured at top is a castle and a jet plane.  Through a brainstorming session,  the scholars decided they could do even more with these blocks if they used something to stick them together!  So, the next creative building class will include masking tape. In the lower row, first graders are shown practicing engineering skills by building bridges to take the Gingerbread man safely over the river.

Sunday, Sept. 18

PHOTOS FROM BOWERS AND WASHINGTON

We've got pictures of STEM stations at Washington's Open Houset and Bowers scientists making observations .. and  You can see more in a gallery on our FB page.

Thursday, Sept. 8

"SAVE SAM"

Here are a few pictures from the first few days of Ms. Knight's 1st and 2nd grade classes at Washington. The first two are of a second grade challenge called "Save Sam" where students are challenged to work together to get Sam the worm into his life raft without using their fingers to do so:

The other two pictures are of first graders building a shelter for Mr. Knight's hermit crab. They were challenged to do so after measuring and seeing how big her hermit crab is:

We'll have more snapshots from other schools and other grade levels as the year unfolds.

Wednesday, Sept. 7

The STEM staff

Here's the STEM team -- and here's a chart with everyone's name and assignment (school/grades) soon. This was taken at a department meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 6) held at Highland Park.