Month: October 2017

This week was Coding week!  The students went through a variety of activities, both high tech and low tech, that helped them learn the basics about coding. The day started with an Design Challenge.  In this activity, the students had to create an app for a mobile device.  The app had to assist users with…

This week the students were encouraged to unleash their creativity through different mediums in art.  The week had an architectural theme. The students started their day by completing a Design Challenge.  The students had to imagine they were archaeologists in the year 2517.  They uncovered a site that contained artifacts from 2017.  In their groups,…

This week we entertained the notion of students as Makers!  The students were allowed to explore a wide variety of maker stations, from Low-Tech to Hi-Tech.  The day began with the students refreshing their memories on the 4 Pillars of STEAM- The 4C’s, the Design Thinking Process, Reflections and Personalized Learning. The first activity was…

STEAM for the 2017/18 year has officially begun!  This week was Intro Week.  We had students from 17 different schools join us at either the Pinkham or Rockwhood STEAM centres. On their first day, the students learned about the rules of STEAM and the behaviours we would like to see.  They were quite shocked when…