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2nd – 3rd Grade Curriculum

August 20 – October 4, 2018

  • 21st Century Skills Activities
    • 8/23-8/30: Scrapers (collaboration, critical thinking & communication) – build a structure as tall as possible with only 1 sheet of copy paper and 30 cm of masking tape
    • 8/31-9/5: 100 Cup Challenge (collaboration, communication) – timed planning and construction of tall structures based on shape
    • 9/7-9/10: What is Going On? (observation, communication) – observing details and communicating them orally
    • 9/11-9/13: Solo Cup Challenge (collaboration, communication) – creating a grappling device to move cups into various configurations
    • 9/14-21: Digital Portfolio (communication, technology) – begin creating a Google Site to maintain a digital portfolio

October 5th – December 17th, 2018

  • Engineering is Elementary – A Sticky Situation

January 8 – March 21, 2019

  • Engineering is Elementary – The Attraction is Obvious

March 22 – May 30, 2019

  • 2nd Grade: Lego Education – Early Simple Machines
  • 3rd Grade: Lego Education – WeDo 2.0

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