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The goal is to empower the students' pursuit of life-long learning and to inspire them to shape and reinvent their world through making, creating and iterating. The students will use their problem-solving and critical thinking skills to independently or collaboratively build a variety of projects at multiple levels of difficulty. I want to make learning fun and get the students excited about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)!

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Building with Brain Flakes

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School:
Lavern Gaynor Elementary 
Subject:
Engineering 
Teacher:
Tiffany Weeks 
Students Impacted:
300 
Grade:
K-5 
Date:
September 24, 2021

Investor

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Harlan & Heather Dam - $67.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 300

The Brain Flakes were a welcome addition to our Makerspace area this year!  Oh the creativity!

 

The students worked individually and collaboratively to create some amazing pieces just by snapping together the flakes.  It was so much fun to watch them create from scratch and bring the project they were visualizing into reality.

 

We will be using the Brain Flakes in our Makerspaces for years to come.

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4th grade creation

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2nd grade creation

 

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1st grade creation

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal is to empower the students' pursuit of life-long learning and to inspire them to shape and reinvent their world through making, creating and iterating. The students will use their problem-solving and critical thinking skills to independently or collaboratively build a variety of projects at multiple levels of difficulty. I want to make learning fun and get the students excited about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)!  

 

What will be done with my students

Special areas, called Makerspaces, will be set up in the media center. These areas will house a variety of STEM projects. These spaces will allow students to independently or collaboratively create a variety of projects using the supplies and instructions purchased by this grant.
Young builders can reason with the shapes as they snap together 2D flat art configurations or assemble houses, castles and other 3D creations.
These spaces will be facilitated by the media specialist but will be designed so that students can create and explore independently or with peers. 

 

Benefits to my students

Learning by doing provides in-depth understanding of concepts with application for real-life scenarios.
Working in pairs or teams, facilitates interactive group problem-solving and teamwork, especially in conjunction with design thinking processes.
These fun projects will get students excited about learning and also build their STEM skills and knowledge.

 

 

Budget Narrative

This kit will be able to be reused over and over again to create a variety of projects.  

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 Brain Flake 2500 piece Kit $67.00
  Total: $67.00

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