BrickLAB STEAMventures: powered by curiosity!

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BrickLAB STEAMventures enriches K-1 or 2-3 grade learning no matter the environment it’s introduced in! As a student-driven kit containing manipulatives, grade-appropriate curriculum and optional extensions, this program hinges around family engagement and a STEAM-themed activity book brimming with multi-subject integration. Whether it be at home, in the classroom, after school or through a hybrid setting, this brand new program is innovating education and helping to strengthen the partnership between educators and parents. BrickLAB STEAMventures is individually kitted to keep students safe, provide flexibility to educators and works with or without technology. With hands-on builds, problem-solving challenges, critical and creative thinking activities, arts connections and so much more, BrickLAB STEAMventures is your surefire way to give your youngest students a positive STEAM experience.

Grades: K-1, 2-3
Contact Hours:

• Book Activities: 16+ hours
• Online Extensions on build.edventures.com: 16+ hours

Subject Targets:

Physical Science, Technology, Art/STEAM, Math, English Language Arts, Social Studies

Recommended Settings:

• Summer camps
• After-school programs
• Classrooms
• Home Learning

Each Issue Includes:

• Key Terms
• Step-by-Step Brick Build
• Science & Social Studies Content
• Math & Literacy Activities
• Art Integration
• Brick Engineering Challenge
• Unplugged & Digital Choiceboards for Family Engagement

Curriculum Topics:

• Hot Air Balloons
• Airplanes
• Helicopters
• Rockets

Expansion:

BrickLAB Program Expansion: Once you have PCS Edventures BrickLAB STEAMventures brick kits, for as little as $129, you can expand your program by simply adding new BrickLAB curriculum titles.

• BrickLAB Core
• BrickLAB Tech

Product Orientation:

• Half hour free webinar orientation for purchases of $500+
• One hour free webinar orientation for purchases of $1000+
• Additional training available for purchase

Each 10-Student Bundle includes:

• Sets of Printed Student Materials: 10
• BUILD Activity Books: 4 per student
• Hot Air Balloons: 1
• Airplanes: 1
• Helicopters: 1
• Rockets: 1
• Spiral-bound Instructor Guide: 1
• Individual Brick Kits: 10
• BrickLAB bricks: 300+ per kit
• Brick separator: 1 per kit
• Mesh bag for cleaning bricks: 1 per kit

K-1st & 2nd-3rd Grade

Habits of Mind:

16 thinking habits developed by Art Costa and Bena Kallick to empower students to succeed in a 21st-century learning environment.

• Persisting
• Thinking Flexibly
• Striving for Accuracy
• Creating, Imagining, Innovating

21st Century Skills:

A set of widely-applicable abilities essential for success in the information age.

• Creativity and Innovation
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Productivity and Accountability

© 2018 Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21), p21.org. All Rights Reserved. P21 was not involved in the production of this product and does not endorse it.

K-1st Grade

Next Generation Science Standards:

• NGSS K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
• NGSS K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
• NGSS K-2-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
• NGSS K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull.
• NGSS 1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
• NGSS 1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

NGSS is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

Common Core State Standards:

English Language Arts Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.B Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.E Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.4 Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8. With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Mathematics Standards:

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A Know number names and the count sequence.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.C.4 Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning uses. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten; decomposing a number leading to a ten; using the relationship between addition and subtraction; and creating equivalent but easier or known sums.

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2nd-3rd Grade

Next Generation Science Standards:

• NGSS K-2-ETS1-1 Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
• NGSS K-2-ETS1-2 Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
• NGSS K-2-ETS1-3 Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
• NGSS 2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
• NGSS 2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
• NGSS 3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

NGSS is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

Common Core State Standards:

English Language Arts Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.4.E Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.7 Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.10 By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.A Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.

Mathematics Standards:

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.1Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.6 Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.

© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

Jill Janicek

Jill has been teaching in the West Ada School District in Meridian, Idaho for 27 years and has taught grades K, 1, 2, and 5. She is a life-long learner and advocate for project-based learning. She has had training by PCS Edventures at the SySTEMic Summer Institute and written grants for BrickLABs. She and Dori Atterberry have led professional development for fellow educators at the i-STEM Summer Institute for 5 years using PCS Edventures BrickLAB kits. Jill also uses BrickLAB in her classroom, from individual designs with directions all the way to a project-based learning experience in groups of 4-5. They have even had times where the entire class builds together! Jill has been involved in several STEM summer camps for children as well, and she is very excited to share new ideas with you and your students, wherever they might be!

Dori Atterberry

Dori is a 1st grade teacher at Galileo STEAM Academy, a STEM certified school in Eagle Idaho, and brings over 30+ years of teaching experience. She holds a BA in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood, is certified by the National Board and is a life-long learner and advocate for project-based learning. In her classroom, Dori uses bricks at her morning centers and integrates bricks with math, literacy and science to create project-based learning units. She has taught at Camp Invention, a summer program in Idaho and has been a camp director for STEMbus summer camps as well. Dori has also had the pleasure of leading BrickLAB professional development sessions at the i-STEM Summer Institute, making her a BrickLAB expert and enthusiast!

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