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Full STEAM Ahead
The focus of this year’s STEAM showcase is energy and recycling. Kindergarten and first-grade students are experimenting with gravity,...
Caroline Lewicky
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Next Generation Entrepreneurs
Our 3rd-grade students have impressed us with their genius inventions and confident pitches to a panel of ECA sharks. This hands-on...
Caroline Lewicky
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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Word Surgeons
First graders "scrubbed up" to practice contraction surgery. With their gloves and masks and scissors, they took on the role of word...
Caroline Lewicky
Feb 16, 20241 min read
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It Takes a Village
As part of a collaborative project, students in grades 3-5 are working with measurement, polygons, and how to use a compass to draw...
Caroline Lewicky
Dec 8, 20231 min read
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Protect the Saguaro Cactus
As part of our study of the desert ecosystem, students were challenged to build a model of a Saguaro cactus. Their job was to find a way...
Caroline Lewicky
Nov 10, 20231 min read
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Let's Think Like Nature
For their biomimicry challenge, our first graders were tasked with designing and constructing a solution inspired by a plant. Their...
Caroline Lewicky
Nov 9, 20231 min read
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Exploring the Solar System
Mrs. Cattel's preschoolers have embarked on an out-of-this-world adventure to discover the solar system. They learned that the planets...
Caroline Lewicky
Nov 6, 20231 min read
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Adaptation is All About Survival
Our 4th and 5th graders are learning about biomes, and how plants and animals depend on their habitat for survival. The students first...
Caroline Lewicky
Oct 19, 20231 min read
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Language Arts with a Twist
What do you get when you cross a set of Magnatiles with a few sheets of notebook paper, a bunch of vocabulary words, and a STEAM lab full...
Caroline Lewicky
Oct 18, 20231 min read
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What Can You Make With a Dot?
Mrs. Deering's daughters, Abby and Maddie who are 7th graders, led a STEAM project with her preschool class. The theme was "We can do...
Caroline Lewicky
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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What Are Arctic Foxes' Dens Like?
For a fun Friday STEAM challenge, ECA's second- through fifth-grade students went on a trip to the Arctic biome. Some students played...
Caroline Lewicky
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Amazing Animal Architects
In STEAM class, ECA's Kindergarten and first-grade students have moved from the needs of plants to the needs of animals. Recently, they...
Caroline Lewicky
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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