Sunday, May 10, 2015

What is IE2?


IE2 is short for Inspiring Elementary Engineering. This is what Manatee County Schools call their Elementary S.T.E.M. Labs.  

At Sea Breeze Elementary all students from kindergarten through fifth grade participate in this class 40 minutes each week during their daily specials period.    They participate in many activities that emphasize problem solving
 and team work.  


Below are a few photos showing just a few of the
 activities students did last year. 



One of the students favorite activities was learning about electricity
using SNAP circuit sets.

Students made this well out of kinex and then performed an
experiment to find out how axle size affects the number
 of turns needed to lift a bucket.




Students designed and built their own marble mazes.

Please visit this site throughout the year to see photos of the many cool activities students will be doing.