Watch Students Explore Gravity Concepts And Problem Solve through STEM
Students don their engineering hats to solve a problem in STEM Resource Teacher Alyssa Granata-Basso's classroom.
J.S. Martinez Magnet School’s STEM Resource Teacher Alyssa Granata-Basso welcomed Seedlings Educators Collaborative to observe students don their engineering hats in a hands-on problem-solving lesson exploring gravity. In teams, students designed, built, tested, and re-engineered a traveling vehicle to protect Alyssa’s friend “Eggbert” from the impact of landing.
J.S. Martinez STEM Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut, is a K-8 school that emphasizes a student-driven, hands-on approach to learning. The mission of Martinez is to provide a student-led approach to learning through inquiry and the authentic acquisition of knowledge. Students not only learn this way in Mrs. Basso’s STEM challenge opportunities, but in all their classrooms.
Watch Lesson Highlights
Sometimes finding inspiration or the time to observe a fellow teacher’s classroom within the school day feels next to impossible, so we offer some sneak peaks into the classrooms of Seedlings’ alums and friends that you can watch when you have 20 minutes (or less) to spare. In the video below, Seedlings went to see STEM Resource Teacher Alyssa Granata-Basso’s classroom engineering project. You’ll see the lesson introduction, the project’s evolution, student engagement, teacher scaffolding and a recap of concepts covered.
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