Extracurriculars

• Students will work in pairs to design arcade-type games
• Students will think through game design, strategies for success, rules, and prize systems
• Students will run their games at their school carnival or at a family event, such as science night
• Sometimes teachers prefer to format this club into four weeks with meetings twice a week.  This is an approved format.

• Students will spend approximately 2 sessions each time learning about, designing, and testing each type of flying object.
• Students will learn about kites, parachutes, paper airplanes, and/or rockets.
• Sometimes teachers prefer to hold this course over 4 weeks and meet twice a week. This is an approved format.

• Girls will have fun, make friends, increase their physical activity levels, and learn important life skills.
• Trained and caring coaches lead 3rd-5th grade girls through interactive lessons and movement activities.
• The season ends with a celebratory 5k event

• Runs 8-10 weeks, based on campus need
• Engineer design program where students create Rube Goldberg machines
• Each machine has a goal and parameters (i.e. pop a balloon in 5 steps)
• Students use a combination of simple machines: pulley, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane
• Students should have the opportunity to share or present their work with their peers or campus/parent community
• Optional: recording and editing of working Rube Goldberg machines

• Student Council is a group of 4th and 5th grade students elected by the Student Council Advisors.
• Students must apply and meet a certain criteria to be able to join.
• During the meetings, students plan ways to improve the campus. 
• Students also discuss ways to show leadership skills on campus.

• Space-science related curriculum as an after-school program
• Focus changes yearly, Rockets for 22-23.
• 8 lessons—these can be done weekly or biweekly. The schedule is decided by the campus.

Stargazing Night—a district-wide event held at Ward ES the night of Friday, February 24th for 5th grade Young Astronauts