LYI - Neighborhood Design Unit (Grades K-1) Hands-On STEM CurriculumIn the Neighborhoods unit, designed for grades K 1, students are introduced to a real world problem: city planners need ideas for what to build in a large empty space. Its up to the class to investigate their own neighborhood and design new places that meet the needs and wants of the people who live there. Through a series of six hands on, standards aligned investigations, students explore what makes neighborhoods work. They study maps, go on

make observations

and having a good understanding of them is crucial

Software features

and pavement in a 6" square grid

The final parachutes–built from paper

Semester long intro to STEAM and Game Design

” Use sensors

screen-free coding to kids aged 8-10

TAKE PICTURES

It’s up to them to figure out why and invent a solution

color plus more

Every group kit is packed in a sturdy