The "E" and "M" in STEAM

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    With each Library/STEAM lesson, we teach based on a different letter in the accronym STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Math/Media).  In November, we taught about the Engineering Design Process, engineering with manipulatives and digging deeper into our media resources with a fun activity.  We started the month out with our "Book Tastings".  Each table of students received a bin full of books, randomly selected and containing multiple genres.  The students had 1 minute to choose a book, and 2 minutes to read as much as they could to get an idea of the story.  They had the option to keep the book or put it back in the bin.  We completed two rounds, and the students were excited to realize that there are so many new books available to them that they never would have chosen without this activity.  We did this activity for two weeks, and we found the students expanding their choices for pleasure reading.  Our book requests skyrocketed.  A Teacher Librarian's dream outcome!  #brightonreads

    The engineering lessons were delivered to all classrooms JK-4th grade on our new "STEAM on a Cart", following disinfecting protocols between all classes to help keep staff and students safe.  The Engineering Design Process is not new to our Hornung students.  This curriculum has been taught for the past six years, beginning with our youngest learners in Junior Kindergarten.  The students enjoyed imagining and designing their structures!  This was the first step in bringing our STEAM Center manipulatives to the students during this Pandemic, and it was very successful.  💛⚙️~Mrs. Richards