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Full S.T.E.M. Ahead!

Last Thursday-yes, that's right, on the second day of school, Valley School 5th graders tackled their first of many S.T.E.M. challenges. S.T.E.M. stands for “science, technology, engineering and mathematics” and Laura Maier, the 5th grade teacher, couldn’t wait to present this challenge to her new students. Their job was to save Fred, a tasty gummy worm, from an imaginary body of water using only 5th grade brain power, four paperclips, one gummy life preserver, and one plastic cup. The catch....they could not touch Fred with their fingers! Ask a fifth grader how they managed to keep Fred safe and how he tasted post-rescue. Hooray for S.T.E.M. explorations… and gummy worms too.

Published September 18, 2015 Print

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