The funding from Change X allowed us to purchase STEAM Park Lego sets for each of our preschool classrooms and our primary STEAM lab. These sets engage over 150 students each week.
With our STEAM Park Lego Sets, our primary aged students have access to investigating and applying science and math concepts in a real context. This set pushes their creativity, encourages problem solving, and generates communication in ways that capture their attention and keep them engaged in learning. The alignment of the challenges to the NGSS ensures that our students are working towards mastery of foundational science concepts that are needed for future success, and build on their natural curiosity for the world around them.
We plan on hosting a family engagement night, where families will be able to share this experience with their students by learning through intentional play.
We love our STEAM Park sets!
Chase Elementary School is home to roughly 400 PreK through 8th grade students. We are a STEAM and Dual-Language school located centrally in Chicago, Illinois with a very diverse student population. We currently have an after school FLL team for our Middle School students but we are excited to bring FLL to our younger students with this ChangeX opportunity.
We will be using our seed funding to purchase the FLL Discover Kits, the Lego STEAM Parks, and the Discover More sets (for students to take home and continue their learning). If there are funds remaining, each team member will get a team Lego t-shirt. Our goal is to host this group during our instructional hours to increase the engagement of our student population.
Our COVID-19 safety plan includes meeting virtually (if need be), using our Google Classroom as a means of communicating ideas to families, and always wearing our masks in shared spaces.
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