October 2021

SMILE Clubs dive into STEM!

Central Falls High School

  • SMILE students work on Team Building Exercises.
  • Students conduct experiments creating ‘climate boxes.’

Curtis Corner Middle School, South Kingstown

  • SMILE students get creative in the engineering and design process. Mission, to create a solution to locker mess!

Calcutt Middle School, Central Falls

  • SMILE students engineer spaghetti and marshmallow towers. Yum!

Woonsocket Middle School

  • Paper Chain team building.
  • Creative popsicle stick solutions to locker mess.

What we’re up to… SMILE Fall curriculum (Sep-Dec 2021)

Elementary

The Longest Chain

Sinking Ships

Geodomes

Marble Run

Leaf Chromatography

Catapults

Bottle Flipping

Building Fidget Spinners

Middle 

Open Ocean Survival

Engineering Design Process

Boat Challenge

Crane Challenge

Carbon cycle Game,

Climate Box

Ocean Acidification 

Cool Puppy Doghouse

Salt Water Circuits

High

Chalk Extinguisher

Climate Box

Measuring Air Quality

Analyzing Sea Data

Boat Building- Research Vessels

Engineering Challenge – Hydraulic lift

The Big Chill – Chemical Engr

Paper Circuit Greeting Card – Electrical Engr

Building a Fidget Spinner