Category Archives: Tech Warriors

29 Mar
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Racing Balloon-Propelled Cars

by in Education, Little Learning Warriors, Tech Warriors, Uncategorized, Warrior Movement

Tech Warriors and Little Learning Warriors joined up again this week to design and build a model car that can travel using the thrust created by releasing the air from a balloon! The students watched as their instructor inflated a ...

24 Mar
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Volunteers Invaluable to Students and Staff in Afterschool Programs

by in Education, Employment, Little Learning Warriors, Middle Warriors, Partners, Press, Reading Warriors, Spotlight, Staff, Tech Warriors, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Warrior Movement

Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, the afterschool program at Arsenal Elementary School is graced by the presence of volunteer Arleen Smigielski.  Run by Neighborhood Learning Alliance, in partnership with Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, the afterschool program takes place every week Monday through ...

22 Mar
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Package the Pringle!

by in Little Learning Warriors, Tech Warriors, Uncategorized

Recently our Little Learning Warriors took on a new challenge in industrial engineering — to design a package that protects a single Pringle chip from breaking when passed through a simulated mail delivery. The students were reminded that there is ...

07 Mar
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Color Cubes Assembly Line Challenge

by in Education, Events, Little Learning Warriors, Tech Warriors, Warrior Movement
The Little Learning Warriors at Woolslair Elementary recently enjoyed a special day when they were joined by their families, who assisted them in learning how to design and use an assembly line to produce the most “toys” — Color Cubes ...
16 Feb
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Snack Attack Packaging Challenge

by in Education, Little Learning Warriors, Tech Warriors, Warrior Movement

The Little Learning Warriors at Arsenal Elementary learned a little about industrial engineering through a STEM challenge, where they were given the task to design a package to keep a s’more from getting ruined when submerged in water for five ...

25 Jan
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Umbrella Challenge: Water Cycle

by in Education, Little Learning Warriors, Tech Warriors, Warrior Movement

The Little Learning Warriors at Arlington Elementary learned about the water cycle through a new STEM challenge. After Miss Trina led a lesson on how precipitation is water that falls from the sky as either rain, snow, sleet, hail, or ...

12 Jan
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Egg Drop Challenge

by in Education, Little Learning Warriors, Middle Warriors, Tech Warriors, Uncategorized, Warrior Movement

Tech Warriors lead the the younger Warriors at Arlington Elementary in an engineering challenge to create a container that can prevent an egg from cracking when dropped from a given height. Divided into groups of 3 to 4, the Warriors ...

08 Dec
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Marshmallow Tower Challenge

by in Education, Little Learning Warriors, Tech Warriors, Warrior Movement

Tech Warriors lead the Little Learning Warriors in a challenge this week to build the tallest tower out of toothpicks and marshmallows. In groups of three, the Warriors were given 20 toothpicks, 10 small marshmallows, and 1 large marshmallow (which ...

06 Dec
0

Paper Engineering Challenges

by in Education, Middle Warriors, Tech Warriors, Uncategorized, Warrior Movement

For a STEM lesson, students took on a few “Paper Engineering” challenges.  Students were given a set amount of materials and time to make the tallest or strongest paper structure.  These are just two of a series of engineering challenges ...

21 Nov
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Afterschool Family Night

by in Education, Events, Little Learning Warriors, Reading Warriors, Student Voice, Tech Warriors, Uncategorized, Warrior Movement

NLA’s program at Arsenal elementary school recently opened its doors to families for an Afterschool Family Night! Parents and siblings of the Little Learning Warriors came to the program to watch and cheer as the students received awards for their ...

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