Category: Science

2020-2021 School Year, Project Based Learning, Science

STEM at St. Thomas with LEGO WeDo 2.0

November 17, 2020, Author: Sean McConathy

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 […]

2020-2021 School Year, Project Based Learning, Science

Learning with LEGO

October 26, 2020, Author: St. Thomas

          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 […]

2019-2020, Project Based Learning, Science

Prairie Pollinator Garden Grant

February 10, 2020, Author: Sean McConathy

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 [...]

Project Based Learning, Science

STEM Coral Reef Conservation Project

October 30, 2019, Author: St. Thomas

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 [...]

Science, St. Thomas Families

STAES Alums Sweep Science Fair

January 28, 2019, Author: Sean McConathy

  We are extremely proud to announce that St. Thomas had 6 alums win not only their local school science fair, but who also advanced to the CCISD Science and Engineering Fair and placed! We had 4 members of St. Thomas class of 2017 (now 7th graders) win 1st, 3rd, 4th, and […]

2018-19 School Year, Camp Invention, Enrichment, Science

Club Invention @ St. Thomas

October 2, 2018, Author: Sean McConathy

Club Invention takes the same principles as our nationally recognized Camp Invention summer program and turns it into an awesome after-school program. Your child will be immersed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) throughout the school year, with new challenges to test his or her imagination.