In our efforts to better understand tsunamis 5th grade AIMers researched earthquakes - escape room style! Through collaboration & critical thinking all teams successfully escaped Joey Moss 🌊

5th grade AIMers use design thinking to engineer earthquake durable buildings Joey Moss

4th grade AIMers use Flip to record NASA STEM video resumes & give feedback to others. Collaboration with trust & respect Joey Moss 🎥 🚀👨‍🚀

A collaborative huddle before attempting hard things. 1st grade AIMers rockin the 4Cs Joey Moss! 🧠💪

The Big Brains Club is on full swing Joey Moss 🧠 Thank you Dan Finkel for the “10 face” lesson. 1st-3rd graders independently created “40 faces” & collaboratively created “53 faces”!

This is the good stuff Joey Moss. 5th graders loving on Kindergartners 💕

After reading about a hotel fire in our novel study, 5th grade AIMers reimagined a fire safe hotel room. They used isometric drawings to show 3D volume of the space. Future architects of the world Joey Moss 🔨

After completing a “See, Think, Wonder” critical thinking routine on 35,000 year old paintings in the Chauvet caves in France, 1st grade AIMers created their own cave art stories Joey Moss 🎨

You know you have a good friend when this happens EVERY DAY at recess. The sweetest things are happening Joey Moss 🥰

Tried a new thinking strategy with my fourth grade AIMers. “Build a Brick”encourages Ss to build something representative of what they learned in a reading passage then share their summary & connections with others. Creativity + Critical Thinking = Big 🧠 Joey Moss!

1st grade AIMers learned how ancient Egyptians told stories with hieroglyphics. We wrote our own on papyrus & clay tablets! We topped off the day with our favorite storyteller Lisa Boysen who shared more about mummies and the riddle of the Sphinx Joey Moss

Science Olympiad Straw Egg Drop meets NASA STEM Orion Crew Module challenge. Critical thinking + collaboration = success Joey Moss 🚀 🥚 🌙

Thank you ⁦⁦NASA STEM⁩ for fantastic lessons and even better memories ⁦Joey Moss⁩ 🚀

Using the UNDRR simulation, Ss plan defenses to protect communities from a tsunami then create & evaluate models of their solutions Joey Moss 🌊

Ss convert research about the NASA Space Launch System into acrostic poems Joey Moss 🚀 🌙 ❤️

Thank you ⁦ChatterPix⁩ for helping Ss bring their “Magical Yets” to life as they explore growth mindset strategies. We CAN do hard things ⁦Joey Moss⁩! 🧠 💪

1st grade AIMers enjoyed a day full of monsters! After reading I Need My Monster, we wrote letters persuading the main character to give ours a try! Thank you Art Hub for Kids for the directed drawing lesson. Happy Halloween from Joey Moss 👹

After sharing our 5th grade worries & fears, we designed shields to help us remember our courage to face & conquer them! Growing good humans Joey Moss!

Inspired by the book “The Leaf Man”, 1st graders examine the beauty and mystery of leaves and create leaf creatures of their own. Happy fall y’all Joey Moss 🍃 🍁 🍂

This Thanksgiving I’m grateful for Breakout EDU and the highly engaging critical thinking challenges they present. My kids absolutely ❤️ the breakout kits with actual locks Joey Moss