ELP (Extended Learning Program) Up, Up and Away for 2017-2018

ELP (Extended Learning  Program) for K-7th is up and going....with a few bumps, potholes, swerves and detours along the way......learning to navigate whatever life throws at you, is what I remind the students of when changes come to our class.

Below are pictures and/or video clips demonstrating what our students are currently working on.  We are beginning our year by delving into abstract reasoning, visual/spatial learning, potential energy, kinetic energy and chain reactions.  In addition students are continuing with building coding skills and early computer programming processes.  Check out www.code.org and www.playcodemonkey.com for additional ideas.

For the Middle School students we are also venturing into an independent study called "Genius Hour" (www.geniushour.com).  Students began with an interest inventory and then developed a driving question to research based off their results.  We are nearing the completion of the 1st set of research and beginning the creation of their final projects.  Students have selected topics from bathtub slime to comparing the speed of small rockets using a variety of materials.  Please stay tuned for pictures and videos of completed "Genius Hour" projects.



creating basic html to "play".



 Creating domino designs to model potential energy and the conversion to kinetic energy.  Learning more about the chain reaction, mass, velocity and collaboration.....the "oops" are a great part of the learning too!





testing angles in order for a multi-leveled domino design to work properly.


try, try again....

Over the course of the next school year ELP will continue to hone and develop STEM projects, growth mindset, problem solving strategies and teamwork.  Thank you for your continued support, patience and cooperation.
Mrs.C.


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