Friday, March 2, 2018

After School Programs

Students are really excited about the new after-school clubs we started in February. This week I am going to highlight the STEM club and some of their awesome activities. Thank you Mr. Royce for planning and preparing activities that require our students to collaborate with each other while being challenged in their thinking and problem-solving skills. 
It looks to be so much fun!! 




Students were challenged to build a bridge that will support 100 pennies!  The final bridge can only consist of 3 sheets of paper and scotch tape.  The tape may only attach to the paper and not be connected to the books which make the bridge.  The winning team's bridge held 150 pennies. 

 
The 8th graders are working on a couple week project to design and build a bridge made of spaghetti held together with only hot glue to span an 18” gap and support a weight.  We will test the bridge with rolls of pennies until it breaks!


Students were challenged to move a pile of marshmallows from one side of the room to the other without touching them with their hands and the students couldn’t cross the room.  They were given straws, a paper cup, a balloon, and tape.