Elementary STEM

Bethanie N Rizzo - Elementary STEM Chairperson
Phone: (631) 244-2306 ext: 6516     
email: brizzo@ccsdli.org

News

Computer Science Week  

Students throughout the district recently focused on strengthening their computer-coding and programming skills during the nationally recognized “Computer Science Week.”

At Bosti and Duffield elementary schools, students of all grade levels engaged in the national “Hour of Code” initiative. Students were given the option to choose from one of two programs, with one of them being a Grinch-themed game that asked the future-engineers to use coding blocks in order to animate the Grinch and his dog, Max. According to their website, the Hour of Code is a globally recognized initiative that positively impacts more than 180 countries. 

Second-grade students enrolled in Kathryn Minerva’s class at Slocum elementary school recently engaged in an unplugged activity in which they created cars with Legos with the goal in mind of making them “sail” successfully. The students were offered two different sized sails in their kit, large and small, and predicted which would allow their vessel to travel more quickly across the table-top “lake.” 

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Important Links

Click here to read the Think Central Letter to Parents

Help for students!

• https://www.khanacademy.org/math
• Sumdog
• Fastt Math Stretch
• https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math
• https://www.tenmarks.com
• https://xtramath.org
• https://learnzillion.com/resources/64474-full-math-curriculum-k-8

Resources for Teachers

• http://www.graphite.org/standards -Find the best digital products for your curriculum
• Illustrative math: www.illustrativemathematics.org
• National library of virtual manipulatives: http://nlvm.usu.edu
• Achieve the Core:  www.achievethecore.org
• Achieve the Core interactive Coherence Map http://achievethecore.org/coherence-map/
• NCTM Illuminations activities for pc: http://illuminations.nctm.org
• http://worksheetsandwalkthroughs.com/
• Learn Zillion videos and lessons

Math Help for Parents and Students

• Think Central Access
• HCPSS Family Mathematics Support Center
• Math Vocabulary Cards- (Thank you Granite School District)-Revised URL
• Khan Academy - Khan Academy New Math Resources
• To help assist with homework, please check out Learn Zillion and watch math lessons. You can select grade level and math topics and review math concepts at home.
• Xtramath helps students master basic facts and is free for parents and teachers to enroll students:
• Virtual Nerds Math Videos
• Math Apps for iPad
  
  

Family STEM Games and Activities

• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities.html

• http://tryengineering.org/play-games

• https://www.titleproloans.com/articles/car-science-experiments/

• https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/christmas-coding-activity-stem-ornament-binary-alphabet/
  
  

  
  
  

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