Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Course Description
Project and Technology Curriculum
Storybook STEM (Engineering Design Challenges)
Zometools
Computer, Typing and Mouse Skills (typing.com Jungle Junior)
Unplugged Coding (logic and sequencing skills)
Pixie (creativity software elementary students can use to share their learning through text, original artwork, voice, and images)
Squishy Circuits
STEM Journals
STEM Outcomes
Students can:
- ask on-topic questions to solve a simple problem
- build and use models
- identify methods and tools
- analyze (i.e. notice, identify, or compare) the information to determine what happens and why it works or doesn't
- discover/notice cross-curricular connections
- make predictions and draw basic conclusions
- collaborate with others by listening and sharing ideas
- persevere through tinkering; begin to debug; try their best