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One more challenge for this Monday ALERT crew! Today was spent building Rube Goldberg machines! @SEstarsR2

5th grade ALERT rocked their Rube Goldberg construction challenge today and showed great persistence! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

Rube Goldberg success! @ForestLakeEagle

It’s Rube Goldberg day! These contraptions are a beautiful sight to me. Students are persisting to include simple machines and many steps in a working RG machine! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

What a fun day learning about how origami has impacted the field of engineering. To work on growth mindset, partners participated in an origami fold activity. Blindfolded students had to fold paper according to directions from their partner. @SEstarsR2

Today it was 5th grades turn to design and test helmets for a balloon brain! Love seeing their creative problem solving skills in action! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE

Today we talked about biomedical engineers and how they meet with helmet manufacturers to help in the research and development process. We took the opportunity to take on a challenge of our own and design and test helmets for a balloon brain! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE

Always fun when Dr. Swick stops by and the class challenges him to see if he can solve our daily math challenge! Thanks for always being a great sport @Itecswick @SEstarsR2

Today we enjoyed discussing chemical engineering and the opportunity to be hands on with a chemical reaction mixed in the lesson! We were able to use Padlet to reflect on our observations. @SEstarsR2

One of our new favorite activities is to complete the daily Crosswordle and then use all the words to create the beginning of a unique short story. @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

Enjoyed seeing these students give their WWII presentations today! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

A lesson on chemical engineering calls for an experiment with a chemical reaction! We love being hands on with our learning! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

Spent the day with this crew learning all about force, motion, speed, acceleration, kinetic and potential energy at NASCAR. We rode around the track and even got a sneak peek at some race cars. Awesome experience! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

What an awesome day of STEM learning at Charlotte Motor Speedway with this Sandlapper crew! Track Ride ✅ Catapult building ✅ Learning Stations focused on Energy, Force/Motion and Friction/Traction ✅ @SEstarsR2 @MrIsaac_SE @teresaburnsrob1

We’re discovering lots of different branches of engineering in ALERT. Today we discussed computer engineering and took the opportunity to make binary coding bracelets! @Killian_STEAM @marlena_council @franklinscsu

Studying computer engineering calls for a lesson on binary coding. Students were excited to make binary coding bracelets that spell ALERT. @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @Davis_FLE @misshayward_usc

Learning about Aerospace Engineering calls for a paper airplane challenge! @SEstarsR2

Enjoyed a wonderful day of STEM learning this week at NASCAR with my wonderful Killian Crew! We raced cars, rode on the track, built catapults and learned a lot about speed, energy, force and motion! @Killian_STEAM @franklinscsu @KimberlyMSmalls @marlena_council

We raced cars, built catapults, learned about energy, force and motion and rode the track! Bonus fun: we even learned a little sign language! 🤟 What a great day at NASCAR! @ForestLakeEagle @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @Davis_FLE

We are loving our engineering unit in ALERT. Today we learned about Aeronautical engineering, the 4 forces of flight and conducted our own flight experiment. @Bjackson_FLE @misshayward_usc @ForestLakeEagle @Davis_FLE