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Students from Norwood and Claxton showcase STEM/STEAM projects to Kansas County school board
Summary
Students and teachers from Norwood Elementary and Claxton Elementary presented hands-on STEM/STEAM projects — from coding and LEGO design challenges to energy and art-integrated units — at the February Kansas County Board of Education meeting, highlighting curriculum alignment and student leadership.
Students and teachers from two recently state-designated STEM/STEAM schools described classroom projects and schoolwide initiatives at the Kansas County Board of Education February meeting. Presenters from Norwood Elementary emphasized an engineering design process intended to teach perseverance and problem solving; Claxton Elementary student ambassadors outlined yearlong, project-based STEAM work.
At Norwood, a presenter described using engineering design as a structure for students to iterate on problems, saying that the approach helps students “go back to…
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