Elementary STEM

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

Computer Science and Engineering Parent Letter

News

Using engineering practices in their virtual learning environment, elementary schoolers throughout the district have been designing and creating very impressive projects! Watch these videos to see these ambitious engineers in action.

https://youtu.be/BWbbNjlW36s
https://www.wevideo.com/view/1753456825

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.”

Important Links

Help for students!

Resources for Teachers

Illustrative math: www.illustrativemathematics.org
National library of virtual manipulatives: http://nlvm.usu.edu
NCTM Illuminations activities for pc: http://illuminations.nctm.org
http://worksheetsandwalkthroughs.com/
Learn Zillion videos and lessons

Family STEM Games and Activities

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