STEM Education in Northside ISD
Northside ISD’s STEM Education program provides students with hands-on, real-world learning experiences that integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Through inquiry-based instruction, problem solving, and design thinking, students develop critical thinking and collaboration skills that prepare them for future academic and career success.
At the elementary level, each campus has a dedicated STEM lab where students participate in activities and design challenges that spark curiosity and creativity using knowledge from classroom instruction and tied to a variety of STEM careers.
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STEM Education at Kuentz ES
In the Kuentz STEM lab, students will:
- Identify problems, design innovative and creative solutions, conduct tests, evaluate results, and redesign while developing grit and determination.
- Collect and analyze data to explore STEM concepts and ideas.
- Select and apply appropriate tools and concepts of science, technology, and math to justify their engineering design based on evidence and logical reasoning.
- Clearly communicate their ideas and designs with peers, give and receive constructive feedback, and use a variety of communication tools.
During each visit, the 4 STEM Fluency Skills will be honed: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical thinking. We also work on the social-emotional skills of self control, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.
When visiting the STEM Lab, Kuentz students will experience hands-on activities in Science, Robotics, Coding, as well as various Engineering Units.