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Soaring Ahead
A private STEAM school in Lake Orion, MI
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Caroline Lewicky
Oct 221 min read
Full STEAM Ahead
The focus of this year’s STEAM showcase is energy and recycling. Kindergarten and first-grade students are experimenting with gravity,...
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Caroline Lewicky
Mar 181 min read
Next Generation Entrepreneurs
Our 3rd-grade students have impressed us with their genius inventions and confident pitches to a panel of ECA sharks. This hands-on...
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Caroline Lewicky
Feb 161 min read
Word Surgeons
First graders "scrubbed up" to practice contraction surgery. With their gloves and masks and scissors, they took on the role of word...
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Caroline Lewicky
Dec 8, 20231 min read
It Takes a Village
As part of a collaborative project, students in grades 3-5 are working with measurement, polygons, and how to use a compass to draw...
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Caroline Lewicky
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Protect the Saguaro Cactus
As part of our study of the desert ecosystem, students were challenged to build a model of a Saguaro cactus. Their job was to find a way...
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Caroline Lewicky
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Let's Think Like Nature
For their biomimicry challenge, our first graders were tasked with designing and constructing a solution inspired by a plant. Their...
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Caroline Lewicky
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Exploring the Solar System
Mrs. Cattel's preschoolers have embarked on an out-of-this-world adventure to discover the solar system. They learned that the planets...
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Caroline Lewicky
Oct 19, 20231 min read
Adaptation is All About Survival
Our 4th and 5th graders are learning about biomes, and how plants and animals depend on their habitat for survival. The students first...
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Caroline Lewicky
Oct 18, 20231 min read
Language Arts with a Twist
What do you get when you cross a set of Magnatiles with a few sheets of notebook paper, a bunch of vocabulary words, and a STEAM lab full...
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Caroline Lewicky
Oct 12, 20231 min read
What Can You Make With a Dot?
Mrs. Deering's daughters, Abby and Maddie who are 7th graders, led a STEAM project with her preschool class. The theme was "We can do...
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Caroline Lewicky
Oct 10, 20231 min read
What Are Arctic Foxes' Dens Like?
For a fun Friday STEAM challenge, ECA's second- through fifth-grade students went on a trip to the Arctic biome. Some students played...
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Caroline Lewicky
Oct 10, 20231 min read
Amazing Animal Architects
In STEAM class, ECA's Kindergarten and first-grade students have moved from the needs of plants to the needs of animals. Recently, they...
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