Engineering is Elementary

Last year when I began exploring the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) project developed at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, I was hopeful that we might find a way to implement the program into our current IB science curriculum.  What has happened has well exceeded my simple expectations – for one reason, the addition of Sharon White as our Science Lab Coordinator.  Sharon is volunteering her time to improve and enhance our current curriculum and to add new and exciting things to make our science program the most progressive in the city.  EiE is just one example of how she has taken new ideas and implemented them into our science lab.  The following are the three goals of the EiE program that is being implemented by Mrs. White at St. Paul’s.  I hope you will join me in thanking her for all of her hard work and dedication.
Rich Webb

Project Goals and Essential Understandings

Goal 1. Increase children's technological literacy
At the elementary school level, we define technological literacy as acquiring essential understandings and skills that include:

Knowledge (Know about):

• What engineering and technology are and what engineers do
• Various fields of engineering
• Nearly everything in the human world has been touched by engineering
• Engineering problems have multiple solutions
• How society influences and is influenced by engineering
• How technology affects the world (both positively and negatively)
• Engineers are from all races, ethnicities, and genders

Skills/Experience (Be able to do):

• Apply the engineering design process
• Apply science and math in engineering
• Employ creativity and careful thinking to solve problems
• Envision one's own abilities as an engineer
• Troubleshoot and learn from failure
• Understand the central role of materials and their properties in engineering solutions

Goal 2. Increase elementary educators' abilities to teach engineering and technology to their students.
At the core, EiE is designed to have students engineer. We develop interesting problems and contexts and then invite students to have fun as they use their knowledge of science and engineering to design, create, and improve solutions.

Hot Lunch Menu & Servers

Monday ~ Steakfingers ~ Melissa Wray
Tuesday ~ Fazoli's Spaghetti ~ Lynn Allinson
Wednesday ~ Pizza Hut Pizza ~ Rhonda Steinbach
Thursday ~ Hot Dog ~ Shanna Mattson/Susan Recks
Friday ~ Chick-Fil-A Nuggets ~ Wendell Seitzler

This Week at St. Paul's

October 23 ~ 12:00 ~ School Board Meeting
October 23 ~ 3:45 ~ Football versus Live Oak
October 25 ~ 5:00 ~ Volleyball vs. Rapaport @ Waco Montessori Gym
October 26 ~ St. Paul's Auction & Kid's Night Out
October 28 ~ Episcopal School Sunday at the 9:00 service (dress uniform ~ meet in Parish Hall at 8:30)

IB in Action

Across the grades ~

Check Out Some Fabulous Items Available at This Year's Auction

Nintendo Wii Proudly offered by the St. Paul's School Board is the latest in gaming from Nintendo. The Wii game console allows players to physically interact with the game. For instance, to play tennis, you actually have to swing your arm to hit the ball. Give your kids the time of their lives!

Kawasaki Mule Need a new utility vehicle? Come check out the two-seater Kawasaki Mule. Offered in a camouflage color, this mule can be used to ease many yard tasks.