Mrs. Swisshelm's class

A place where we combine STEAM and Makerspace. Providing all students with innovation opportunities that promote curiosity.

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

The week before Halloween and 2nd graders were doing Keva Plank challenges and 4th graders learned about the way social media can make us feel, listened to Crankenstein, and then made fidgets that can be used to help manage BIG feelings. @summitbees #InnovationInAction 🎃

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Fall fun. My Unified Arts team dressed up as crossing guards, my 5th graders doing a Spooky Escape Room, and our annual Storybook Pumpkin Contest. ❤️ this time of year! @summitbees

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Our annual Storybook Pumpkin contest! We had over 50 second graders create a pumpkins. They looked amazing. Here are the winners. @summitbees

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Lots of fun October activities in our iLab. Storybook contest, KEVA plank challenges, and Crankenstein fidget making! @summitbees @FHSchools 🎃👷‍♂️

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Students are voting this week for their favorite third grade Macy Day Parade float. There are a many great floats! Thanks to all families who created one with their child. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Third graders learned about cardboard attachment techniques without hot glue. Now they are making cardboard houses to display for the holidays. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Week 11 in the iLab. K-1 learning coding with Colby kits. Grade 6 building Lego mechanisms that represent a cheering crowd. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Week 10 in Summit iLab. 4th made fidgid spinners for their class cool down boxes. K-2 had Halloween related Keva plank challenges. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Week 10 in Summit iLab. Building LEGO balloon cars. Furthest car went 326 inches. @summitbees @SummitPTA @FHSchools

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Annual Pumpkin Storybook Contest winners. Thanks to all the 2nd grade families that participated. All the pumpkins were amazing. @summitbees @SummitPTA

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Spring book fair is in full swing. Preview week is this week. Purchasing week is May 13-17. Be sure to load your eWallet. @SummitPTA @summitbees

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Excited for tonight!!! Hoping for a good turnout. Just order from
Mios and help our school out. Remember The Buzz-IN pizza will be featured. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

Grades kindergarten through 3rd grade are exploring coding stations. They get to explore Osmo, Ozobot, Botly, Colby, Cubits, the Quiver VR app, sphero, and Dash. They are having a blast. @summitbees @SummitPTA

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Kindergartners and first graders built peace trees. They only had 16 pipe cleaners and paper leaves. They did great engineering these little trees. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

2nd grade built their 3 Little Pig houses and this was testing week. We used our leaf blower a.k.a. Wolf to see if our houses stood. Needless to say our wolf went away hungry! @summitbees @SummitPTA

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We’ve been busy these last few weeks in the iLab. Let’s start with 6th grade. We have all our battlebot champs (only shared a few pics)and we’ve been busy building Lego Derby Cars and testing them. @summitbees @SummitPTA

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

K-1 were given the design challenge to build a house that had 4 sides, a roof, and covered the pig with 40 Keva planks. @SummitPTA @summitbees

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

5th and 6th graders had their Battle Bot finals. Winners take home a 3D printed trophy. They love this project. @SummitPTA @summitbees

[Mrs. Swisshelm's class @iLABsummit]

5th grade started their sphero Battle Bot battles last week. They love this so much! Let the games begin!!! @SummitPTA @summitbees