3D Printing Gallery Our 3D printer has been getting a lot of use lately! View the gallery to see what our 2D/3D Design elective students have been designing and printing in class. Students use the free SketchUp Make to design their objects, which are then printed on a Flashforge Dreamer that we received in a grant. Click … Continue Reading »
The eighth grade class has been learning about Civil Engineering in science and is testing their knowledge by building popsicle stick bridges. Recently we had the opportunity to hear from 2006 Holy Rosary alum Kyle Johnson who is working with Coffman Engineering as a structural engineer.
The 7th grade learned about aeronautical engineering as they designed two liter rockets, tested them and then improved their designs. They then had the opportunity to hear from Adam Rising, a 2008 graduate of Holy Rosary, who is currently working with NASA designing rockets of his own.
Holy Rosary Robotics elective attends the Archdiocese Robotics Extravaganza at Seattle Prep. On Saturday, student representatives from the Holy Rosary Robotics elective demonstrated their creativity and programming skills at the Archdiocese Robotics Extravaganza. Fifteen elementary schools, several high schools, and the Port of Seattle were present to share and demonstrate their creativity and technical prowess. Although … Continue Reading »
Click on the pictures to enlarge. Kindergarten – Each week our special engineer brings in a STEM project. This is Olivia and her dog food dispenser. It can fill a dish when puppy is hungry! First Grade – We have been learning about materials engineers and the engineering process. We tied this into our study of the … Continue Reading »
Kindergarten students take on the challenge of designing and engineering a way to knock down dominoes without touching them with their hands. Two great examples pictured below – ball pushed down a ramp into the dominoes and a swing pushed into them. First graders have been learning all about the Arctic and focused on the different … Continue Reading »
The Chromebooks were distributed to our 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students on Tuesday morning. It was an exciting event! Each student was presented with an 11″ Chromebook for their use while at school. The Chromebooks will not go home with students each day but will remain at school to be charged overnight. Chromebooks run on the Google Chrome OS, which provides … Continue Reading »
Video below. Kindergarten students used what they have learned about force and motion to design and engineer a Mayflower ship that would sail from England to the New World (across the plastic pool) without sinking or capsizing. Super fun!
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Stop by the Math lab hallway to see all the beautiful activities each class grade created for the special celebration in Mexico – “The Day of the Dead”. Thank you Señorita Brodahl!
