Kindergarten Ends the Year with Catapults!
Our youngest engineers spent a week collaborating and creating catapults. They then took advantage of the spring weather with an outdoor launch near the car loop. What fun!
Our youngest engineers spent a week collaborating and creating catapults. They then took advantage of the spring weather with an outdoor launch near the car loop. What fun!
Mr. Paul’s 4th graders are diving into engineering with parachute designs. Today they shared their background knowledge about parachutes and identified variables that could affect the drop time of a parachute. The next step is to test some sample parachutes and analyze the results so that students can make the best engineering choices when designing … [Read more…]
Our fifth graders began the year with an exploration of physics and aerodynamics as they built and tested paper airplanes. Throughout this mini-unit, students collaborated with their peers to test different paper airplane designs and apply parts of the engineering design process and scientific method. After our first, unstructured build, we tested our … [Read more…]
Our fourth graders began the year with an engineering challenge – how to design a straw rocket that would fly the farthest. Students collaborated as they incorporated parts of the scientific method and engineering design process into their exploration of physics and aerodynamics concepts. Grade 4 Straw Rockets, 2015 Mr. Paul and Mrs. Zagurski’s Classes on PhotoPeach Students … [Read more…]
Look for some familiar faces on the BCPS homepage … This year’s final edition of BCPS News highlights Lutherville’s youngest engineers. Our students’ explain their catapults beginning at time mark 9:23. Here is our “in-house” slide show of all of our classes. Enjoy! Kindergarten Catapults on PhotoPeach Here’s a question for ALL of our students: what were … [Read more…]
Several students from each kindergarten class were interviewed today for a story that will run on BCPS News next week. Our students demonstrated the catapults they created during a recent iLab lesson and spoke to the reporter about engineering. We can’t wait to share the finished story with you next week!
Can an engineer be a superhero? If so, our students are certainly superheroes since students at every grade level participate in at least one structured engineering unit each year. Watch this engaging video from to find out just how an engineer is a superhero. If you become an engineer, how would you … [Read more…]
This week, students in our after-school Primary Engineering Club worked as civil engineers to design and construct a building made out of household items. The engineers did a great job working as a team, sticking to a budget for building supplies, and sharing ideas to create these structures. Thank you to Reizelie Barreto-Espino, Towson University professor and Lutherville … [Read more…]
Our second graders have been busy as bees, literally, with the new BCPS science unit, Bee an Engineer. During this unit, students learned about plants’ needs, the job of agricultural engineers, and how to develop an engineering solution to a problem. The slideshow below shows students in Mr. Paul and Ms. Bauer’s homeroom as … [Read more…]
Our third graders recently spent the entire day (minus related arts and lunch) in the iLab for a Lego Engineering Extravaganza! Our students applied the engineering design process in collaborative teams as they planned, created, tested, and improved zipline runners. Students incorporated math, technology, communications, and science concepts throughout the design process – a … [Read more…]
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