First challenge for #butlerinnovationday Butler Elementary! How can students create a functional keyboard using everyday objects with #MakeyMakey? Thank you so much Bridget Augustine for this day of collaboration and creativity! Stay tuned all day for updates!

5th grade Butler students are showing creativity and working hard during their roller coaster challenge #butlerinnovationday Bridget Augustine Butler Elementary

Yes! Using Trabin Tokens as a keyboard to play Mario! #butlerinnovationday Butler Elementary

Do you have at least one loop and three hills in your rollercoaster? #butlerinnovationday Butler Elementary

Mystery Bags! Can you make something useful from a bag of mystery materials? So far we have a mini golf course, a basketball net, and a parachute! #butlerinnovationday Butler Elementary

UPDATE: We now have a floating drink holder (just in time for summer!) and a coin bank! Woah, I am blown away by the collaboration and innovation this morning! #mysterybags #butlerinnovationday

What are Kate Fantaskey Christina Adelberger and Bridget Augustine doing on the roof Butler Elementary??? #butlerinnovationday

Another successful Act III math lesson! How many bottles of soda will it take to fill a pool? The students collaborated, submitted their estimates through ClassLab, and used secret clues to solve this problem. Thank you Dan Meyer! Butler Elementary

Last science quiz for 5th Grade! Let’s take it outside. Does the black top function as an insulator or a conductor? Butler Elementary

5th Grade is busy planning and designing their solar ovens! Will their knowledge and application of insulators and conductors successfully melt s’mores? Butler Elementary #butlerinnovationday lives on!

I love it when a plan comes together! #butlerinnovationday #solarovens #Engineering

Butler Bears say farewell to Dr. Brereton Butler Elementary

Book dedications and classic Butler flash mob to honor Dr. Brereton. You will be missed. Get ready to soar, Barclay! Butler Elementary

Today our Butler Bears honored Dr. Brereton at an assembly! We will miss him at Butler, but know he will soar at Barclay. “Here’s to you, Dr. Brereton, Butler loves you more than you will know!”

Putting our designs to the test! Will our solar ovens be successful conductors and insulators? Check back this afternoon to see if we have melted, ooey, gooey, delicious s’mores! #solarovens #engineers Butler Elementary

Solar oven success! Butler Elementary

Feeling so relaxed and appreciated with Katie Veisz on Staff Appreciation Day! It was a tight game, but it ended in a tie! Thank you so much for lunch and the fun yard games Kate Fantaskey and Christina Adelberger #Butler

Enjoying our Book Fair purchases in Ashley’s Garden Butler Elementary

5th Grade had an awesome day touring Old City and visiting the Museum of the American Revolution! Butler Elementary

Field Day Butler Elementary was a huge success! Everyone demonstrated good sportsmanship, and the weather was perfect. Extra shout-out to our Sportsmanship Award winners!