Sparking Curiosity, Inspiring Minds

For our Grade 3 NGSS unit on Weather and Climate , I have been working hard to make the learning hands-on, inquiry-led and full of opportunities to explore the concepts of patterns and cause and effect. This unit is already a favorite because students get to investigate real-world weather concepts, so adding some engineering design work felt like a natural fit. For the STEAM design challenge I created, students were asked to design a hurricane-proof structure that could with

What happens when you combine math, engineering, creativity, and potatoes? You get the Grade 3 Potato Olympics! Over the past few weeks,...

As part of our Grade 4 energy unit, we wanted students to explore how energy can be transferred and transformed in everyday materials. To...

One of the most powerful aspects of STEAM projects is the way they connect disciplines, using big ideas, concepts, and attributes as the...

I love creating fun, engaging, hands-on design challenges for students. Sometimes, the best design challenges are ones that can fit on a...

n Grade 4 science, our unit on Processes that Shape the Earth  looked at how natural forces like earthquakes, tsunamis, floods,...

I wanted to share two recent activities with my Grade 5 students that truly captured the heart of scientific and engineering thinking....

As part of the Grade 3 Weather and Climate unit, the teaching team invited me to their planning meeting to brainstorm ways to make the...

I love design projects that have a purpose behind them. The annual Skyscraper Project in Grade 5 has been a favorite because it combines...

Over the past few years, our Elementary Design Technology and Engineering vertical team has worked to document and strengthen core...