West Seattle schools: STEM’s Gingerbread House Engineering Expo!

STEM Gingerbread Awards

See what they built! Thanks to Susie and the K-5 STEM PTA for sharing that slide deck of photos from a pre-holiday project they thought you might want to see:

The K-5 STEM PTA challenged classrooms to create a team-based, collaborative structures for our first annual Gingerbread House Engineering Expo. We had participation from 11 class teams and the results were creative, artful, festive and FUN! Teachers had no limits except their imaginations and each team was given a “starter kit” of materials. Many classrooms continued with themes they have been studying, including geometry, architecture, native bird species and literary themes. All participating classes received an award for their work such as “Most Epic Implosion,” “Most Spellbinding,” and “Best Ecosystem.” Great job, STEM owls!

P.S. In case you’re not already quite well aware – STEM and all other Seattle Public Schools are on winter break until Monday, January 5th.

2 Replies to "West Seattle schools: STEM's Gingerbread House Engineering Expo!"

  • StringCheese December 21, 2014 (10:48 am)

    Wow, pictures just don’t come close to doing justice to these amazing projects. Many were between 2-3 feet high with tons of crazy little details that can’t be seen in the photos. Next year we will definitely have to invite the WSB to cover the Expo live! Great job STEM owls!

  • evergreen December 21, 2014 (8:40 pm)

    Couldn’t access the slideshow on my Samsung android, but know my kiddo had fun building.

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