Activities
Sponsor:
Jennifer Parker
- Students will work in pairs to design arcade-type games
- Students will think through game design, strategies for success, rules, and prize systems
- Students will run their games at their school carnival or at a family event, such as science night
- Sometimes teachers prefer to format this club into four weeks with meetings twice a week. This is an approved format.
Sponsor:
Sidney Serrano
- Students will spend approximately 2 sessions each time learning about, designing, and testing each type of flying object.
- Students will learn about kites, parachutes, paper airplanes, and/or rockets.
- Sometimes teachers prefer to hold this course over 4 weeks and meet twice a week. This is an approved format.
Sponsor:
Sonia Alaniz & Shelby Hernandez
Meeting Time & Location:
September 19-December 10 3:45pm-5:15pm
September 19-December 10 3:45pm-5:15pm
- Girls will have fun, make friends, increase their physical activity levels, and learn important life skills.
- Trained and caring coaches lead 3rd-5th grade girls through interactive lessons and movement activities.
- The season ends with a celebratory 5k event
Sponsor:
Amy Braswell
- Runs 8-10 weeks, based on campus need
- Engineer design program where students create Rube Goldberg machines
- Each machine has a goal and parameters (i.e. pop a balloon in 5 steps)
- Students use a combination of simple machines: pulley, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane
- Students should have the opportunity to share or present their work with their peers or campus/parent community
- Optional: recording and editing of working Rube Goldberg machines
Sponsor:
Graciela Pintado & Roxanne Guerra
Sponsor:
Marissa Hernandez and Karen Lane
Meeting Time & Location:
Every Other Tuesday 3:15pm-4:15pm
Every Other Tuesday 3:15pm-4:15pm
- Student Council is a group of 4th and 5th grade students elected by the Student Council Advisors.
- Students must apply and meet a certain criteria to be able to join.
- During the meetings, students plan ways to improve the campus.
- Students also discuss ways to show leadership skills on campus.
Sponsor:
Leslie Hernandez
- Space-science related curriculum as an after-school program
- Focus changes yearly, Rockets for 22-23.
- 8 lessons—these can be done weekly or biweekly. The schedule is decided by the campus.
Stargazing Night—a district-wide event held at Ward ES the night of Friday, February 24th for 5th grade Young Astronauts