Dr. Melanie Johnson

Principal, Springdale Park Elementary

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Our 4th graders are designing new mini-golf holes for our @IntownCares fundraiser! 💚 Huge thanks to community partner Andrew Desrosiers and Mrs. Sulchek for leading the way! 🐉⛳️ @APS_SPARK @KSulchek @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

🌱 Our 2nd graders found matter in the garden and created ChatterPix videos to teach us about its different states! 🪨💧💨 @McraeAllie @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

🌱 Our 1st graders are bringing plants to life through creative art and math! They’re designing colorful 2D and 3D plant models. 🌿🎨 @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

🌱 Our K Dragons in Mrs. Davis and Ms. Bolton’s classes harvested their AeroGardens today! 🥬💚 They took their fresh produce to our SPARK Pantry to donate and learned how growing food can help our community! 🌿🐉 @mrsdavisrocks @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Mylecia Sims @APSITMylecia]

Application of learning in action! 🌎🔬 @APS_SPARK 5th graders used @zSpace to explore weathering and erosion, putting their knowledge into practice through an immersive investigation🏞️ @APSInstructTech @STEMbieda @apsitnatasha @DrJohnsonSPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

🪨🎨 Science meets art! Our students are learning how scientists identify rocks and minerals by observing properties like color, texture, luster, and patterns—then using those observations to create detailed mineral paintings! 🔍🖌️ A big thank you to @MsRannalsArt for bringing science and art together! 💚 @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

🌎🥽 Bringing Earth science to life with zSpace! Our students used immersive technology to explore weathering, erosion, and deposition in a whole new way. Seeing science in 3D makes learning come alive! 🔍🪨 A huge thank you to @APSITMylecia for helping facilitate this awesome learning experience! 💚 @zSpace @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Our Media Center is getting STEAM-y! 🔥📚 Third graders are rocking their literacy skills by creating idioms about rocks 🪨💬, while second graders are sorting food groups as they explore nutrition and the food pyramid! 🍎🥦🥛 Love seeing literacy, science, and hands-on learning come together! @cadycrew @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Working on our parts of a plant choreography in Mrs. Redden’s class today! 🌱🎶 Our Dragons are using movement to show roots, stems, leaves, and flowers—bringing science to life through the arts! @APS_SPARK @sarapruett5 @DrJohnsonSPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Rocking our learning in the Media Center! 🪨📚 Our Dragons read A Rock Is Lively and then put their creativity to work writing rock-themed idioms. We love seeing literacy, science, and creativity come together at SPARK
In those STEAM journals! @APS_SPARK @cadycrew @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Testing out our sundials! ☀️⏰ Our 4th grade Dragons are measuring time and tracking how shadows change as the Sun moves across the sky. Science + math in action at SPARK! @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Loved seeing our Teacher of the Year in action with an awesome sink-or-float lesson! 💦 Our kindergarten scientists were predicting, testing, observing, and discovering which objects sink and which float. Hands-on science at its best! 💚🐉 @mrsdavisrocks @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Our 5th grade scientists are putting their thinking to the test! 🌎 Students made predictions about whether each model would demonstrate weathering, erosion, or deposition and then tested their ideas through a hands-on lab. Predict. Test. Observe. Explain. @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Our second graders were SO excited to receive special ChatterPix messages from their families after Back to School Night! 💚🐉 Such a fun way to connect home and school and bring a little technology into the surprise! @ms_r_jackson @McraeAllie @eemd10 @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

How do scientists classify rocks? 🪨🔎 Our third graders practiced thinking like geologists today by classifying rocks by color, texture, luster, and size. Then they put their math skills to work by measuring their rocks and creating line plots with the data! Science + math = STEAM in action! @msatrimble @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Ending my week with a little mini golf with kindergarten! ⛳️ Our kinders had a blast playing on a course designed and built by our current 5th graders. Love seeing STEAM learning come full circle at SPARK! 💚🐉 @KSulchek @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Springdale Park @APS_SPARK]

What a great Curriculum Night! We loved welcoming our families and sharing all the amazing things happening at SPARK. Of course, we had to add a little hands-on STEAM fun too! 💚🐉 We are SPARK United! @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Our K Dragons are diving into hydroponics while learning our school song in @mrsdavisrocks’ class! 🌱🎶 We love seeing science and the arts come together through meaningful arts integration. Learning, creating, and growing the SPARK way! 💚 @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5 @APS_SPARK

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

Amazing environmental science lesson in 5th grade with @KSulchek! 🥭🍓 Students explored physical vs. chemical changes and then put their learning into action by making smoothies. Science is always better when you can taste the results! 🧪🥤 @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5

[Kristin Siembieda @STEMbieda]

☀️📐 4th grade STEAM in action! Students explored angles and the movement of the Sun by becoming sundial makers. Using shadows, observations, and math, they discovered how the Sun’s changing position can help us measure time. @APS_SPARK @DrJohnsonSPARK @sarapruett5