Our 5th grade researchers got to interview 1st graders to find out what kids really want in their play dough for our Play Dough Product Design PBL! Stay tuned for our final play dough creations! @Benton_STEM @FloydClass @BrockmanLacy #cpsbest #PBL #STEM #Bentonbold

@Benton_STEM @CarrowHive Students connecting the engineering design process to their Mars project and thinking how to explain it to other students #Bentonbold

We upcycled our breakfast cereal containers into planters. Ss used an old styrofoam egg carton for drainage, preventing the plastic and styrofoam from going into the landfill! @Benton_STEM #ReduceReuseRecycle #upcycle #plants #STEM

Ss were excited to show our MU Pen Pals our Nature Play Area and of course the chickens! @Benton_STEM #Mizzou #STEM #BentonBold

Ss decorated their graduation hats custom made by one S’s grandma. They were super excited! @Benton_STEM #Graduation #Creativity

Space Club Bonus Mission! @CarrowHive used our new @KidSparkEdu Rok Block kits to design trucks that would pick up moon debris from a crashed cargo rocket and bring it back to their lunar bases. Thanks @JulieANichols for the kits! @VivifySTEM #BentonBold

Ss designed great roof top gardens and parks for buildings and abandoned lots in Columbia. They wanted to beautify places, help fight carbon emissions and grow food to help the homeless! #STEM #BentonBold #ClimateAction #RooftopGardens #Plants

Ss were surprised to see how much our “moon beans” had grown over break! #BentonBold #CPSBest #STEMSpaceAtHome #SpaceFood @MrRay_Media @Benton_STEM

We made origami bookmarks today and Ss really showed their creativity! #BentonBold #Creativity #ReadingFun #Unicorns #Chickens #Frogs

Ss made some pretty awesome space helmets today with @MrRay_Media for #SpaceClub @Benton_STEM #STEM #CPSBest #FutureAstronauts

Day 3 of our Mars colony, look at that sunset! We have grown and harvested our first carrots and wheat! Good thing too because we were running out of the food we brought with us! @Benton_STEM #STEM #MarsColony #Success #CPSBest

Ss got to turn their astronaut badges into buttons today with @MrRay_Media during #SpaceClub @Benton_STEM They were so excited to pin them to their bags! #STEM #CPSBest

Almost finished our Mars base with a layer of red sand to help protect us from radiation poisoning. Food is scarce but we’re working hard to finish our greenhouse @Benton_STEM #Day2 #MarsBase #MineCraft #STEM #CPSBest #SurvivalMode

Check out our successful rocket launch and Mars landing @Benton_STEM #FutureAstronauts #MarsLanding #STEM #CPSBest Stay tuned for updates on our colonization! Shout out to Chris Fuge for creating this Minecraft world!

So much work and ALL the math was finalized last Friday in preparation for our mission to Mars @Benton_STEM #CPSBest #STEM

We had a busy science filled day @Benton_STEM We experimented with the density of M&M coloring, started making our dome prototypes for our Mars Colony AND made light up cards with @MrRay_Media #CPSBest #STEM #Bentonbold

Our class @Benton_STEM got to zoom with @laurenTarshis today and it was awesome! She had such inspiring words and my Ss are even more excited to read I Survived now! Thank you @UnboundBookFest @dbrl @kltown

We had an extraterrestrial come visit our class today @Benton_STEM They must have known we’ve been discussing Outer space in Science! #VirtualSchool

So excited to see kids in our classrooms next week! Here are some things you can do to support our students

My Ss never cease to amaze me! Check out one S’s project from our #HourOfCode with @MrRay_Media @Benton_STEM #CPSBest #BentonBold