​Today students in grade 4 completed their first STEAM challenge. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Students were put in small groups and given the following challenge.

Build the tallest free standing tower using a bag of 15 balloons and a roll of masking tape.

Students had 5 minutes to brain storm their ideas and 10 minutes to execute their plan. After they reflected on how things went and then had the opportunity to make adjustments.

Boy, did we have fun. Students were engaged, excited and competitive. Student learned the importance of communicating, co-operating and how having a good foundation is important when building.

Look for our next challenge on the last Friday in October.