Category: Project Based Learning
STEM at St. Thomas with LEGO WeDo 2.0
Last year, St. Thomas alum students (now in junior high) swept the science fair scene, winning not only their school competitions, but then placing at regional, advancing to state and placing there too! How is it that we achieve results like this with our students you ask? Because of our way of […]
Learning with LEGO
LEGO WeDo 2.0 Kits are here. Through a grant from Jacobs Engineering, St. Thomas has 6 kits (a class set for 2 students per kit) of LEGO WeDo 2.0 materials which interface with our Chromebooks. This is a great new resource for our students, and what’s more, there […]
Prairie Pollinator Garden Grant
We are excited to announce that St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal School has partnered with the Houston Zoo and the City of Nassau Bay to install a learning garden here on our campus this spring! You can read more about the Prairie Pollinator Pathway project and see the role that St. Thomas [...]
Gratitude Tree
This interactive art display now features over 1,000 leaves of gratitude from students, faculty, families, and St. Thomas community members. Interestingly, there was no brown paint used to make the trunk, instead, students studied color wheels and practiced blending various colors to make the many unique shades and tones of brown that [...]
STEM Coral Reef Conservation Project
At St. Thomas the Apostle, we believe we can do more together and we help inspire our students to do just that. As part of our STEM and Project Based Learning curriculum, our 4th and 5th grade students were free to explore and obtain a deeper knowledge of coral reefs and coral [...]
PreK-4 “Our Community” Project
Ms. Raley’s PreK-4 class has been exploring our school’s community. They learned about various community helpers, and talked about the many interesting features of our local area. The project culminated in the creation of a model replica of the neighborhood and businesses around our school, including the Nassau Bay Police Station, […]
