We returned to the new year with renewed purpose as we trained our STEAM Grade 1 teachers to launch their upcoming project “Shine a Light” with their students.In the Shine a Light project, first grade students discover how light helps us see, communicate and keep us safe. Through hands-on investigations exploring the amazing ways that light affects us, students gain an understanding that we interact with and depend on light. Students explore light through shadow play and puppetry, materials investigations, and with Sphero robotics. Students learn the importance of a traffic light system and how it communicates through light and sound to keep our streets safe.
Students take part in a nation-wide initiative, Vision Zero, to reduce the traffic fatalities to zero by 2025. SDUSD Police will visit classrooms and support students’ learning as they explore safety data in their own communities to learn how to make their commute to school safely. Students share their learning in a culminating shadow puppet performance that shines a light on pedestrian safety issues and helps others be safe in their communities. How will you shine a light to help others?
Come find out how to shine a light at a STEAM school near you!
