Getting an early start on new science standards
Top of the World Elementary School second-grade teacher Marianne Bynum, center, shows her young group of student engineers how high their soon-to-be tower of index cards should be before they place a stuffed animal on the top of it. The activity had aspects that aligned with the district’s use of Next Generation Science Standards. (Don Leach / Don Leach | Daily Pilot)
Christian Wick, center, gets an idea as he begins the process of building a tower of index cards with his classmates during a science lesson at Top of the World Elementary School on Monday. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )
Young engineer Elle Jumani begins the process of building a tower of index cards with her classmates during a science lesson at Top of the World Elementary School on Monday. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )
Garrett Byerly, center, can’t look as he waits to see if a small tower of index cards will support a stuffed animal Monday during a science lesson at Top of the World Elementary School in Laguna Beach. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )
Second-grade engineers Beckett Thomson and Elle Jumani, center, build a tower of index cards to see if it will support a stuffed animal Monday. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )
Kai Kaiser begins the process of building a tower of index cards with his classmates during a science lesson Monday at Top of the World Elementary School in Laguna Beach. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )
Second-grade teacher Jacquie Cohn overlooks students who build a structure of index cards to support a stuffed animal placed on top of it Monday at Top of the World Elementary School in Laguna Beach. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )
Second-grade teacher Marianne Bynum, center, watches to see if a structure of index cards will support a stuffed animal placed by a student during a science lesson at Top of the World Elementary School on Monday. ( Don Leach / Don Leach Daily Pilot )