Stem fridays

We love our STEM Fridays in Kindergarten! The students are put into groups and given a box of materials along with a “building challenge”. They come up with a plan then work together to execute that plan. As scientists, the students often find that their original plan doesn’t work the way they thought it would. Initially frustration can set in but as the year progresses the students become better problem solvers and ask important questions like, “what went wrong”, and “how can we improve on that step to make sure it doesn’t happen again”. They think they are getting a fun afternoon off of their work but we know they are doing the most important work!