Date: Tuesday, June 18. 2019
Location: South Fayette Intermediate School
Grades: K-3
Facilitator:Melissa Unger, K-2 STEAM Facilitator, South Fayette
If you are looking for low-tech, high-impact STEAM activities to use with your elementary students, this is the session for you! Join us for a day of Making as participants take part in a variety of building and design challenges appropriate for a variety of subject areas. You will learn how to introduce elementary classrooms to the Engineering Design Process as you build your own robot, create a cardboard arcade, explore chain reactions create 3D storybooks, and more! All projects will use recycled materials or items commonly found at the dollar store.
Takeaways:
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Gain an understanding of the Engineering Design Process and how to implement it in the classroom
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Learn about the tools and materials necessary to build and maintain a STEAM space
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Leave with a variety of easy-to-implement STEAM activities that can be adjusted to students’ interests and grade level