Elementary Experiences

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Important Instructions to Book Your Elementary Experience

To Book an Appointment

1. Click the “Book Appointment” button above.
2. Select the experience you want to book.
3. Choose the date and time by clicking through the calendar of available dates by month. Click on the date and then click on the time to select.
4. Fill out the required information.
5. Click on “Book”.
6. Experiences will be sent in Outlook Calendar invites to site administration, office managers, and grade-level teachers approximately 2 weeks before the experience. When you receive the invite, accept it and make sure to select “send response” so the CCR office has confirmation it was received.
7. If a change is required (either location or date/time), follow the instructions above to schedule another trip with the correct location and date, then email Garrett Main or Gianni Danisi to cancel the previous experience and transportation.

LEGO 4 All is an initiative to bring engineering in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and Career Exploration to Pre-K through 2nd grade classrooms. Teachers are given information about CTE courses and programs in the district, and trained in ways LEGO can be used in the classroom to help students explore careers. Teachers are provided with a LEGO kit based on their grade level to use in their classrooms.

STEAM Park: Pre-K and Kindergarten

Coding Express and LEGO People: Grades 1 and 2

Bricks 4 Kidz, a company specializing in STEM education utilizing Lego models, teaches engineering skills to each 1st and 2nd grade classroom. Bricks 4 Kidz visits each site to provide an in-class 90 minute learning activity to all 1st and 2nd grade students across the District. Cooperative team-based discovery and critical thinking skills are reinforced as students work together to determine career themes of the hands-on activity.

Bricks 4 Kidz Experience Information

CTE City (Minecraft)

Grade 5

Students work in collaborative teams to find clues, problem solve, and open the locks on the Breakout Box -- think of it like an escape room in a box! Students receive an overview of what CTE is, what options are available across the Fresno Unified system, and how their transitional school counselors will help them in selecting courses for the upcoming school year. The goal is to communicate early and often so that all 6th grade students better understand their regional progression and the CTE pathways and programs available to them. This program is in partnership with WorkEd, who will come to the school site and provide the experience to the class.

What is THINK? Teaching How Innovation Nurtures Knowledge is a program created by Fresno Unified’s Career Technical Education Department and the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State. THINK is a monthly career-based challenge program that allows students to solve problems that are rooted in the engineering design process. During the school year, students in third through sixth grade receive classroom experiences delivered/facilitated by our Lyles Center partners. Innovation Day is the culminating event for the THINK program at the end of the school year and takes place at the Save Mart Center. During the event, students showcase their creativity and innovation skills by working together to solve a design challenge in front of an audience of family and friends.