Outside is the BEST side!!!
Let’s go on a SPRING Scavenger Hunt!!
4th Grade
Can you Make a Pringle Ringle?
What is a Pringle Ringle?
The Pringle Ringle is an engineering challenge where you create a ring using only Pringles chips, NO tape or glue allowed. You need one can of chips for each person. Choose your FAVORITE flavor!! The challenge requires a lot of patience as well as careful and precise chip placement!!!
Send me your pictures!!
Home STEM Challenges
I have added a link to a new page above titled Digital STEM Learning. Click to find new resources. I want to share a few pictures of our digital STEM learners!!
STEM Challenges at Home!!
Let’s Keep those brains GROWING!! Each week I will post a menu of STEM challenges for you to try at home. I would LOVE for you to email me pictures of your creations!!!
Flames of Frey …. AIM High!!!
Super STEM Movies
TAKE a Movie Break!! You can watch movies at home and still ENGAGE your kiddos in STEAM thinking!!
These movies are suggestions only. Every movie should be previewed for content that may be inappropriate for your kids.
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Digital Learning Resources
We LOVE our Frey Flames!! Frey Teachers have worked incredibly HARD to create digital learning plans to help lessen the academic disruption that our current situation has caused. I am so PROUD to be apart of this amazing community of families & educators!!
Visit your classroom teacher’s blog for specific lessons and activities.
Click here for STEM, Art, Music, and PE Digital Resources
Can you Lift a Classmate with ONE Finger!! YES!!
4th graders are learning how simple machines can make WORK easier. We ALL would like to use less effort to make objects move. After learning about these simple tools, we decided to put a lever to the test!!! These kiddos tested various scenarios, but determined that by moving the FULCRUM closer to the load heavier items could be lifted with less EFFORT!!
Coding About Ecosystems!!
CODING is a FOREIGN LANGUAGE!!
Our 4th graders have learned EVERYTHING about ECOSYSTEMS! It is time to Show What We Know!! We are using a coding app called PBS ScratchJr. Our challenge is to demonstrate the flow of energy in an ecosystem beginning with the sun that includes producers, consumers, and decomposers. The kids have creative flexibility to design their own sprites within the program as long as the challenge is completed.
I honestly have been BLOWN AWAY by the coding creativity of these KIDS!! They understand the topic and are showing their own personalities in their coding!!! Teacher’s DREAM!!
Thanks to the FREY Foundation for the supplies to engage children on this level!!
Whooo LOVES Owl Pellets?
Our 4th graders dissected OWL PELLETS to better understand how energy is transferred in an ecosystem. We learned how raptors swallow their entire prey, including the bones and fur. These birds must regurgitate the indigestible parts to make room for more food. This is how the OWL Pellet is created!! YUMMY!! No….it’s not poop!!
