I fell behind on my posts because we were having too much fun in STEM! I have appreciated getting to work with every Rocky Mount R.O.C.K....

February's theme is the Winter Olympics! Students have LOVED creating bobsleds and snowboards (with a snowboarder) and racing them down a...

I fell behind on the blog, but we did NOT fall behind on fun in STEM. SNOWFLAKES! Students drew many different snowflakes with a certain...

With the holidays into the new year, we celebrated by creating snow globes, decorating for the holidays, and building gingerbread houses...

We used a new (to us) app called PBS KIDS Scratch Jr. Students had fun creating stories with characters, backgrounds, and code! Check out...

All classes are having a fun time building "gingerbread houses" for our "gingerbread cookies." Using only 20 toothpicks and 14 gum drops,...

We had so much fun learning the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and about Tony Sarg, the creator of the first Thanksgiving...

Students LOVE Minecraft, but it is important to understand that coding is not just happening inside a computer/device. We designed a maze...

We were back in the computer lab for some coding fun. Students enjoyed creating a maze for their friends. Check out the lesson here:...

We had so much fun with our Halloween themed activities this week. K and 1 read Room on the Broom and built a broom for the witch and her...

1st through 5th grade has been having a blast saving the poor little spider from the Mummy! We read There was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed...

Last week's lesson was based on my family's fall break trip to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Tetons National Park. Students in...

These last two weeks have been so much fun. We've been creating and building homes using Minecraft EDU. The students' creativity is...

Week Seven has flown by! Check out what we did this week below. Kindergarten and 1st Graders were MAKERS! We started group work by...

This week, we had quite a few things going on! Students in 2nd grade got to try the marshmallow challenge that the 3rd-5th graders got...

This week has been so fun! The Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students have been creating their "Dream Room" designs based on...

Well, we are finally getting to work on our team building skills a bit! This week, we did some different cup stacking challenges. The...

Last week, we did an introduction to our STEM Lab, and this week, we did an introduction to the Engineering Design Process. Each student...

This week, we are settling into the new STEM Lab, getting to know what it means to be an engineer, and beginning to think critically as a...

Last year, amidst a pandemic, Rocky Mount became a Cobb County STEM Certified School. This year, thanks to the amazing donations of the...