Pasco, WA
Pasco School District
Kristin McCormick, Math Chair/ATP Chair
STEAM Showcase and Carnival
Rowena Chess Elementary continue to improve communications and interactions of administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and students. After a year of COVID restrictions, the ATP and others organized the STEAM Showcase and Carnival. This combined a math night, science showcase, and carnival to feature students’ skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. There were games, presentations, and experiments in all STEAM subjects, and opportunities for school and family partners to meet, talk, and have some fun.
In the library, local scientists shared 30-minute presentations with hands-on activities with students and families linked to their specialties. For example, the Columbia Mammoth McBones Dig Site showed and discussed fossils. Presenters from local museums, hospitals, banks, businesses, and library linked information, examples, and activities to STEAM subjects.
Middle and high school dance teams, robotics clubs, and bands entertained and demonstrated how their talents were linked to STEAM. Students’ projects in all STEAM subjects were showcased in the cafeteria. These included examples of academic work, tests in STEAM subjects, art projects, science reports, math test scores, and PowerPoint presentations.
Outside were games, including bowling, soccer kick, basketball throw, football throw, giant Jenga, giant Connect Four, bean bag toss, and more. Refreshments were sold by community partners including some family businesses, including a taco truck, Papa John’s, and a coffee stand.
Families had “passports” to keep track of their visits to all locations. When they returned the checklists, students were given Math Bags to take home with math games, cards, dice, and ideas for students and parents to practice math skills in fun ways at home.
Over 1000 students, 400 parents, teachers, and community members gathered to celebrate STEAM and each other. They experienced a spectacular mix of student learning and family fun.
Read more about STEAM Showcase and Carnival in Promising Partnership Practices 2022.
