For the last gym class this school year, we reviewed what we had done all year. Kids first got to say what they remembered and demonstrate / practice together. This was the prep for our 100 point challenge (an appendix
The Neutrons and Electrons had two engineering projects to choose from this week… a group project of building an Eiffel Tower out of newspaper, or a solo project creating a marble maze using cardboard and popsicle sticks. Interestingly enough, most
We used the beautiful weather today to make it feel like summer! For warmup, we used hula hoops to hula on our waist and arms, jump through them and play games with the hoops. Then we switched to a beach
This week we took our story-telling skills from last week and honed in on natural elements to weave into our stories. We attempted to take a hike, but the trail we chose was a bit wet, to say the least,
In honor of Pi Day (3/14) we spent STEM discussing all things pi. We had a reading of Sir Cumfrence and the Dragon of Pi and then played a dice game based on the digits of pi. I had another
The focus of this week’s class was lunges. We talked a bit about form and what muscles are involved (quadriceps and gluts are the main ones but the core along with some calf muscles are also very important! The muons
This week the Netrons tested their knowledge of baby animal names, and animal group names. They also demonstrated their teamwork and support for each other, a happy by-product. The planned activity was for each Neutron to match the name of
We took advantage of the beautiful weather to work outside and enjoy some water play, even if contained in a plastic kiddie pool. The Neutrons and Electrons were shown a couple of examples of paddle boats and given access to
Thanks to the wonderful preparation and printouts by Alison, gym was an Easter-themed blast this week! After a brief warm-up, the kids rotated through stations including “hatching out of the egg” (start in a squat and break the egg shell
Each group was split in two to work together to create instructions for the other group to complete a specified “build” or structure, a concept borrowed from Science Olympiad. They then switched instructions and tried to recreate the “build” using
