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  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • San Diego, CA
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Children need an opportunity to create and build! An Engineering Center would perfectly compliment our design and engineering curriculum that is implemented throughout the year. Through literacy, math and science connections, we always have a need for children to build and engage in the Design Cycle independently. At the "Imagination Station" children have the opportunity to pursue their ideas by planning, creating and improving models of their thinking. Each unit has an engineering component and it would be so beneficial to have a permanent work space where children can independently access materials to help their ideas take form! We need a table and seat cushions that facilitate construction, access to materials, and collaboration. We need a shelf that allows student to view and easily access a variety of construction materials. Right now I have a giant cardboard box labelled "Imagination Station" that I pull down off the shelf everyday and place on student desks. It is the most popular choice center and we desperately need a space and storage boxes that reflect the passion they have for engineering! Here is one way we integrate our "Imagination Station". We start off the year with our unit on Rights and Responsibilities in our community. As our engineering component, we study form and function. After looking at how everyday items have been strategically designed by an engineer to perform their function, students are encouraged to imagine, plan and create tools that we can use in our community (classroom, home, garden or neighborhood) to make our responsibilities easier. This provides an authentic context for them to imagine and create practical solutions to an everyday problem. They are empowered to take action and be engineers! Let's make this Imagination Station come to life!

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Children need an opportunity to create and build! An Engineering Center would perfectly compliment our design and engineering curriculum that is implemented throughout the year. Through literacy, math and science connections, we always have a need for children to build and engage in the Design Cycle independently. At the "Imagination Station" children have the opportunity to pursue their ideas by planning, creating and improving models of their thinking. Each unit has an engineering component and it would be so beneficial to have a permanent work space where children can independently access materials to help their ideas take form! We need a table and seat cushions that facilitate construction, access to materials, and collaboration. We need a shelf that allows student to view and easily access a variety of construction materials. Right now I have a giant cardboard box labelled "Imagination Station" that I pull down off the shelf everyday and place on student desks. It is the most popular choice center and we desperately need a space and storage boxes that reflect the passion they have for engineering! Here is one way we integrate our "Imagination Station". We start off the year with our unit on Rights and Responsibilities in our community. As our engineering component, we study form and function. After looking at how everyday items have been strategically designed by an engineer to perform their function, students are encouraged to imagine, plan and create tools that we can use in our community (classroom, home, garden or neighborhood) to make our responsibilities easier. This provides an authentic context for them to imagine and create practical solutions to an everyday problem. They are empowered to take action and be engineers! Let's make this Imagination Station come to life!

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