Showing posts with label Johnson Elementary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnson Elementary. Show all posts

Monday, December 17, 2018

Hour of Code at Johnson Elementary

All K-5 students at Johnson Elementary participated in Hour of Code last week. Check out the five-minute video highlighting some of the exciting Hour of Code activities students engaged in at Johnson Elementary, including 'unplugged' coding!


You can also check out the action from Johnson's Hour of Code on a recorded Facebook Live video here.

Each class received an official Certificate from Hour of Code and celebrated with Pac-Man cookies!



Congratulations to Johnson Elementary for their official participation in Hour of Code! Special thanks to Johnson Elementary STEM Facilitator Kim Martin for organizing the Hour of Code festivities!

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

MCSD PBL Institute August 2018



MCSD will host a PBL Institute for Johnson, Cottonwood, Pomona and Oak Grove Elementary Schools August 21st - August 23rd

Northside and Olathe Elementary Schools will participate in PBL Institute 2.0

The PBL Institute will be held at the Montrose County Event Center

mindSpark Learning will partner with MCSD and will deliver a Keynote address on the August 21st to kick off the institute.

On Day 1, participants will learn about the Problem-based Learning and Design Thinking processes; in the afternoon, participants will rotate through three breakout sessions on Panel Presentations, Technology, and Identifying Problems and Linking to Standards.

On Day 2, participants will experience the PBL Process by working on an authentic, real-world local problem and presenting solutions to a panel.

On Day 3, participants will pitch their own PBL ideas and receive feedback before planning their PBL Lesson Plan for the 18-19 academic year.

Questions may be emailed to either john.steele@mcsd.org or jamie.simo@mcsd.org

Monday, April 23, 2018

Johnson Elementary 5th Grade STEM Challenge

Check out the video below of the Johnson Elementary 5th Grade STEM Challenge. Students were learning about separating mixtures based on properties by designing and testing a filter to clean pollutants out of water.

Thanks to Kim Martin and Amy Berry!





Video by John Steele.