STEM Playground

Over the summer, each school in Anderson One was allotted a budget to purchase materials and new technology dedicated to integrating STEM into the curriculum. The principal at Concrete Primary ordered several kits from Lego Education, including Lego WeDo. She also purchased around a dozen Osmo sets and six Dash & Dot Robots from Wonder Workshop. In addition, Concrete Primary School received nine Tiggly sets from our District Office.

With the goal of encouraging teachers to use the newly purchased technology in their classrooms, I planned a STEM playground. During this session, I provided teachers with some brief information, the Slides below full of links, and plenty of time to play and explore. 

This was an awesome way to start off a new school year! I found that the teachers were all very excited to use these new materials in the classroom after having a chance to investigate with a group of colleagues.

All loved #STEMPlayground today! Thanks @PreisigJessica for leading PD! @LEGO_Education @PlayOsmo @WonderWorkshop pic.twitter.com/84QumWVT5b

— Concrete Primary (@CPSCrickets) August 12, 2016

Ts practiced building and coding this morning @CPSCrickets #STEMplayground #asd1 #kinderchat pic.twitter.com/8PZBg487AH

— Jessica D. Preisig (@PreisigJessica) August 11, 2016

Ts @CPSCrickets had a chance to explore and play this morning! #supercrickets #STEMplayground #asd1 pic.twitter.com/yc170n9Zne

— Jessica D. Preisig (@PreisigJessica) August 11, 2016