Elementary STEM Wars

This month Southwestern Schools hosted the first ever 

Elementary STEM Wars.

Our students competed in Maker Faire exhibitions, T-shirt Design, Catapults, Science Posters, Marble Runs, and Robotics.

Falconer, Frewsburg, Bemus Point, Chautauqua Lake, 

and Panama Schools all joined us.

What a fun event for everyone!

STEM stops not even for vacation!

Hi there Trojans!

Even on my vacation we stopped at the NASA Wallop Flight Center, 

check out these cool STEM jobs!

Update: Pumpkin Design Challenge

I didn't post this in October, but the school once again had the pumpkin challenge and designed a pumpkin to look like a book character.

Here are our winners:

And some of the amazing contenders:

The Great Donut Debate

Today we conducted a highly scientific blind taste test...

THE GREAT DONUT DEBATE

I mean who really does make the best donuts?

Well I can tell you now where you should spend your Saturday mornings.

Our contenders were Farm Fresh, Tim Horton's, Ecklof Bakery.

First Place went to ECKLOF BAKERY!
90%

Second Place- Farm Fresh

74%

Third Place

50%

We got to listen to Arnie the Donut on Storyline Online... a great and funny read.

Penguins!!!!

Kindergarten has been learning all about the animals of the arctic climates.

We explored Antarctica in this National Geographic 360 video:

We tried to see how tall different penguin species are:

We read about the Emperor Penguin:

And finally we designed ice floats--- rafts--- to keep our penguin safe and dry:

S.T.E.A.M. Night

Such a wonderful time at our STEAM is ELEMENTary STEAM night.

We had food trucks out front for dinner:

A Maker Faire in the gym:

And STEM and Art activities in the 4 house areas Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire,

 along with our AR Sandbox in the Makerspace.

How to Catch a Turkey

First Grade Students in Mrs. Round's class

listened to this story- How to Catch a Turkey

Then we worked to create mazes with Geo Boards to catch our turkey and get him right up on stage.