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Problem Solving Using STEM

It’s hard to say who was more excited about the Lower School Problem Solving Week, the students or the teachers. For the first couple days, beginning January 27, students learned how the STEM disciplines –science, technology, engineering and math-- can be used together to solve problems. Then the teachers stepped back and the students got to work designing and building birdfeeders, mailboxes, umbrellas, kites, candle holders and catapults. When the teams of students tested their creations, they discovered they didn’t always work, and it was back to the drawing board – a valuable lesson.

Click here to see a video of the inventions as they are completed and put to the test.