LEGO Rockets
1. Build a fuselage that is tall & sturdy using at least 10+ bricks.
2. Attach a nose cone.
3. Create stabilizing fins (at least 3) to keep the rocket straight.
4. The rocket must stand on the launch pad without tipping over.
5. Sketch a diagram
6. Write a reflection
#STEM #LEGO #EduSky

One LEGO boat.
Three students.
Infinite creative possibilities…
#STEM #EduSky #STEAM #LEGO

Listen to those hammers! 🔨
Watch those gears turn! ⚙️
From idea to motion! 💭➡️⚙️

Our K–1st graders are creating, testing, and improving their own moving machines! #STEM #STEAM #EduSky

At the hammering station today, a first grader ran up to me:
“Look! I made a laptop!” 💻

She proudly demonstrated: power button (orange golf tee), screen (red KEVA Planks), keyboard (golf tees), and space bar (green plank).

Creativity at its finest! #STEM #STEAM #EduSky

I couldn’t wait to turn my classroom into a construction zone for my Kinder & 1st graders!

Without any instructions, they immediately knew what to do with a table full of flat boxes, golf tees, hammers, Unifix cubes, & KEVA planks.

They built shapes ❤️⭐️, levers, & more!
#STEM #EduSky #STEAM

🚀 Inspired by aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher, who built pink rockets as a child, and an #ArtJumpStart by @darrellwakelam.bsky.social , our 2nd–5th graders created amazing 3D rocket diagrams from recyclable materials! ♻️✨ #STEM

After a demo with a newsprint rocket, my 2nd–5th grade students designed and built two straw rockets each. They measured flight distance in square feet and compared their fin designs. A high-flying experience in data, design, and engineering. ♻️ 🚀

#STEM #STEAM #EduSky

After making a solar system-themed marble drop game with my students (using bottle caps, cardboard & pre-glued skewers), we reused the leftover skewers (cut to 3”) to build a solar system model showing planetary orbits & distances! 🌞🪐 #STEM #STEAM #EduSky

How it started:
📝 “Next year I want to work on some space stuff.” – 2nd grader
🪐 “I want to build a solar system… it feels hard and fun!” – 3rd grader
(EOY Reflections)

How it went:
👇 Solar System Marble Drop Game
#STEM #StudentVoice #EduSky

Build Your Own Bean Grab Game!

Our 2nd–5th grade engineers created their own version of Hungry Hungry Hippos—with perimeter walls, a soccer field layout, 20 beans, and one instant-win pom-pom!

Now they’re equipped to challenge their families to build, play, and talk!
#STEM #EduSky

🛹 The Feel Good Skatepark and beyond!

Check out these epic fingerboard parks built by our 2nd–5th grade engineering pros! From kicker ramps to mini bowls, flat bars, spine ramps, and more — creativity and design skills are rolling full speed ahead!
#STEM #EduSky

⬇️ Pass the Pom Pom! ➡️ ♻️

My students got creative with cardstock, bottle caps, and straws to engineer a super fun and challenging passing game! They overlapped two cardstock boxes where rotating straws (with bottle caps attached) guide a Pom Pom across or down the path.
#STEM #EduSky

In our elementary engineering class, K–2 students used bottle caps to build numbers, traced them into circles, and created their own coloring pages. A fun blend of STEM, design thinking, and creativity—all from a simple recycled material! ♻️ 🖍️ ⭕️ #STEM