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Heights Elementary School families are learning to STEM together.
On
September 29, the families participated in a STEM Family Learning Night.
The evening began with sign-in and a pizza dinner.
After
pizza, the families were welcomed by Nannette Kuhn, the Taylor School
District's Title I Parent Facilitator, who thanked them for taking time out of
their busy schedules to participate with their child in hands-on STEM
activities.
During
the remainder of the evening, families were able to rotate through a variety of
activities including the learning and playing math games; creating the longest
paper chain using just one piece of construction paper; constructing a 1-foot
high tower to rescue their stuffed animal from drowning using only a few index
cards and tape; learning about states of matter by using a solid and a liquid
to make a zip-loc bag expand with a gas; making and testing a hypothesis about
which 3D shape could support the most books, and how using that knowledge that
can help architects and builders design and build buildings; solving the
challenge of how to cut a single index card so that the human body can fit
through it; and more.
“Arts
& Scraps” was also on site so the students could create an artistic robot
and learn about the different types of robots and how they help society.
Each child was able to take home a robot kit from Arts & Scraps so
they could continue the learning fun at home.
Even
though it was a chilly, rainy evening, 30 families were represented with over 80
participants in attendance.
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