Project Lead the Way (PLTW) initiatives began many years ago at LHS, expanded to middle school technology education last year, and are being piloted at "Sperrengton," Sappington 5th graders attending Sperreng to accommodate elementary growth, this year. PLTW is just one of many ways to increase science, technology, engineering, and math in schools, and Launch is their elementary program.
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| As students investigate, they add their questions to the "Wonder" chart. |
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| Handshake anyone? First, we have to unwittingly spread the germs. |
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| Short stories capture student's attention and connect STEM to real life scenarios. |
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| Students access Google Classroom to participate in the lesson. |
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| Students are self-directed and paced as they complete the experiment. |
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| Now, students investigate whether they are "germ" ridden. |
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| Students shine black light on their hands to see the "germs" that have been passed to them. |
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| Students brainstorm how germs pass from person to person. |
In this particular lesson, one student was infected with glow germ, and through a game, unwittingly passed the germ to other students. Through their investigations, students observed the path of the germ from "ground zero" throughout the class.
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