In an effort to better support and enhance the educational programming of students with an interest in the sciences, technology and mathematics, West Elementary wanted to offer a program that promotes STEM education with after school Lego Robotics. Spearfish Foundation for Public Education graciously sponsored and funded the program and students at the second grade level have been nominated by their teachers to participate. The meetings occur twice weekly under the supervision of the Ms. McLellan as well as Ms. Schmidt (2nd grade teacher). The program facilitates engineering, conceptual building, computer programming, and technology advancement using resources from Lego Web2.0, and Code.org visual programming. Due to the success of the program last spring, future sessions will be offered in the upcoming years.
WeDo 2.0 strengthens students’ understanding of the eight science and engineering practices, including asking questions and solving problems, modeling, prototyping, investigating, analyzing and interpreting data, computational thinking, creating evidence based arguments, and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. For more information on LEGO WeDo 2.0 and why LEGOs are used as a motivation to learning STEM curriculum, click here.
WeDo 2.0 strengthens students’ understanding of the eight science and engineering practices, including asking questions and solving problems, modeling, prototyping, investigating, analyzing and interpreting data, computational thinking, creating evidence based arguments, and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. For more information on LEGO WeDo 2.0 and why LEGOs are used as a motivation to learning STEM curriculum, click here.