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Mount Sinai UFSD highlights new STEAM lab and K–5 science curriculum
Summary
Superintendent highlighted a newly created STEAM lab and K–5 curriculum work driven by the New York State Science Learning Standards; staff described hands-on units, teacher guides, and professional development supported by a legislative grant.
Mount Sinai Union Free School District Superintendent Dr. Piccione opened the board meeting by introducing elementary assistant principal Megan Teppenhart and STEAM facilitator Allison Elfreth, who presented a progress report on the district’s elementary STEAM program and a newly established STEAM lab.
The presenters said the district reviewed existing curriculum resources and teacher feedback and used grade-level teams and backwards design to craft NGSS-aligned units. “The STEAM lab has really been kind of the hub of our building for this year,” a presenter told the board, saying the lab provides a dedicated space for hands-on lessons and engineering-design activities that are difficult to execute in a regular classroom setting.
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