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• Admiral Farragut Academy Elementary School Now Offers Engineering Classes Children are born engineers—they are fascinated with building, with taking things apart, and with how things work. However, K-12 educational settings have traditionally done ...read more
  Admiral Farragut Academy Elementary School Now Offers Engineering Classes Children are born engineers—they are fascinated with building, with taking things apart, and with how things work. However, K-12 educational settings have traditionally done little to develop children’s engineering and technological literacy. Admiral Farragut Academy (Farragut) Elementary School is pleased to introduce the Engineering is Elementary® (EiE®) project to their 3rd, 4th and 5th grade curriculum. This is a project of the National Center for Technological Literacy® (NCTL®), established by the Museum of Science, Boston. The EiE® project develops research-based, standards-driven, and classroom-tested curricular materials in engineering and technology education for children in grades K-5. Educator support includes lesson plans, assessment materials, and professional development programs that tie into other major content areas, including science and language arts. Each EiE® unit focuses not only on engineering and technology, but also on key standards in a specific science area. (For more information: http://www.mos.org/eie/) “This year our students will design model membranes, a Maglev System, alarm circuits, and learn how to clean up an oil spill,” says Shannon LoRusso, Farragut’s Elementary STEM and EiE® teacher. “Kids love to be the ones doing the building and creating and this is a great way to build their confidence.” LoRusso, who began teaching at Farragut in 2007, earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida in 2000 and has been a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) advocate at Farragut. “The complex material is taught through storybooks featuring children from a variety of cultures and backgrounds who introduce an engineering problem to the students. The students are then challenged to solve a problem similar to that faced by the storybook character,” LoRusso explains. “Through a hands-on engineering design challenge, students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics; use their inquiry and problem-solving skills; and tap into their creativity as they design, create, and improve possible solutions.” As of January 2011, EiE® has reached over 1.7 million students and over 22,000 teachers nationwide. ...hide
• OPEN HOUSE!!!!! Date: Wednesday - September 14, 2011 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Admiral Farragut Academy, 501 Park Street North, St. Petersburg , FL 33710 Open House for the public. This open will focus on the Middle School. Come meet the students, ...read more
  OPEN HOUSE!!!!! Date: Wednesday - September 14, 2011 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Admiral Farragut Academy, 501 Park Street North, St. Petersburg , FL 33710 Open House for the public. This open will focus on the Middle School. Come meet the students, teachers, and staff from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ...hide

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