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A huge shift is beginning in our schools to create thinkers and problem solvers versus rote learners. One of the ways that we are attempting to do that is through implementing S.T.E.A.M. activities in our classrooms. S.T.E.A.M. teaches kids to problem solve through interactive and hands-on learning. Our kids do not have opportunities out of the classroom to work collaboratively to solve problems, and having these materials would give them those opportunities on a daily basis. The benefits of teaching them these kinds of skills (teamwork, communication, problem solving, engineering, trial and error, etc) are immense, and these products would give us the means to accomplish this. We are requesting building supplies like the K’Nex building engineering kit, magnetic tiles, brain flakes and Picasso tiles that will allow us to create a S.T.E.A.M. center in our classroom where we would provide our students with tasks to complete, questions to answer, and problems to solve. Having all of the different types of building materials would allow for creativity and variety in the process! These materials would create an ongoing, interactive, challenging center to practice their problem solving and teamwork skills.

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A huge shift is beginning in our schools to create thinkers and problem solvers versus rote learners. One of the ways that we are attempting to do that is through implementing S.T.E.A.M. activities in our classrooms. S.T.E.A.M. teaches kids to problem solve through interactive and hands-on learning. Our kids do not have opportunities out of the classroom to work collaboratively to solve problems, and having these materials would give them those opportunities on a daily basis. The benefits of teaching them these kinds of skills (teamwork, communication, problem solving, engineering, trial and error, etc) are immense, and these products would give us the means to accomplish this. We are requesting building supplies like the K’Nex building engineering kit, magnetic tiles, brain flakes and Picasso tiles that will allow us to create a S.T.E.A.M. center in our classroom where we would provide our students with tasks to complete, questions to answer, and problems to solve. Having all of the different types of building materials would allow for creativity and variety in the process! These materials would create an ongoing, interactive, challenging center to practice their problem solving and teamwork skills.

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