![]() ![]() “The kits reflect a project-based learning approach, which allows students to engage in design-thinking processes across multiple content areas at one time,” Faiman told the school board.įaiman said the foundation wants to give “a big shout-out to Bristol-Myers Squibb for their constant support of us and their out-of-the-box thinking for the at-home materials (in the STEAM kits).” Each kit contains math project ideas, design challenges, game boards and cards aimed at inspiring curiosity and exploration. The students will take the STEAM kits home, so they can work on STEAM activities and projects with their families, she said. Kits will also be given to 150 of the district’s most vulnerable and at-risk students in grades K-2, Faiman said. To counter the lack of exposure to STEAM projects in school, the district will purchase at-home STEAM kits for all students in grades 3-5. “Students have been in school for far less time since March 2020, and due to new socially distant protocols, they have not been sharing materials or working together on STEAM projects.”Īs a result, there has been far less exposure to those types of activities in the classroom, she said. “Over the past 15 months, students have had limited exposure to STEAM activities in school due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Faiman said. The STEAM for 21st Century Learners grant was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Faiman said, as she presented an oversized cardboard “check” to Superintendent of Schools Ross Kasun.įaiman thanked Kristin Burke, the school district’s STEM supervisor for grades pre-K to 6, for being “extremely innovative and being open to working with me to come up with great project ideas.” ![]() ![]() STEAM projects encourage student to be curious and creative, and to become problem-solvers, said Karen Faiman, executive director of the nonprofit Lawrence Township Education Foundation. STEAM is the abbreviation for science, technology, engineering, art and math. ![]()
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