http://www.carlsbadistan.com/?p=7065 Taming The Wilds of Carlsbad-by-the Sea, California Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:23:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.carlsbadistan.com/?p=7065&cpage=1#comment-3329 any Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:43 +0000 http://www.carlsbadistan.com/?p=7065#comment-3329 Way to go coach Cinciarelli! Starting with dreaming up and then making Lego Club a reality last year - (a free weekly afterschool club where kids, a high percentage of whom have special needs can make friends while exploring mechanical fundamantals with Lego's) to taking on a robotics team this year, because you couldn't stand to NOT see it happen! Hopefully parents will continue to drive this shot of innovation at Hope Elementary - as it's clear staff won't. Kudos to Eric and Andy for running Lego Club this year. There is virtually no hands-on science in 5th grade this school year, so at least this is an opportunity for students to use their hands and heads together. They build the Mindstorms robot and program it to run missions and learn to research their ideas. First Lego League is a good program for schools, some "really on the ball schools" integrate it into their cirriculm for all 4th and 5th graders - exposing girls to engineering who may not sign up for this type of club. Way to go coach Cinciarelli! Starting with dreaming up and then making Lego Club a reality last year – (a free weekly afterschool club where kids, a high percentage of whom have special needs can make friends while exploring mechanical fundamantals with Lego’s) to taking on a robotics team this year, because you couldn’t stand to NOT see it happen! Hopefully parents will continue to drive this shot of innovation at Hope Elementary – as it’s clear staff won’t. Kudos to Eric and Andy for running Lego Club this year. There is virtually no hands-on science in 5th grade this school year, so at least this is an opportunity for students to use their hands and heads together. They build the Mindstorms robot and program it to run missions and learn to research their ideas. First Lego League is a good program for schools, some “really on the ball schools” integrate it into their cirriculm for all 4th and 5th graders – exposing girls to engineering who may not sign up for this type of club.

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