And we’re back, TNCS Community, with the 3 Ms—More March Madness! This blog covers the annual TNCS STEM Expo—one of everyone’s favorite chances to see big TNCS student brains in action.
(See Part 1 for the touchier-feelier side of March happenings at The New Century School!)
Questions, Hypotheses, Research, Experiments!
TNCS science teacher Nameeta Sharma, who teaches grades 3 through 8, says she could not have been happier with what students turned out. She describes the weeks leading up to the STEM Expo as full of engagement in the Scientific Method. Her students, she says, worked very hard, and the results showed. When asked about what particular projects stood out to her, she had something positive to say about all of them, and her excitement was palpable. But, if we had to guess, we’d say her favorites fell into the engineering category—she enjoys seeing what students can build, especially when it works as intended!
Conclusions
The energy in Building North said everything. TNCS students didn’t just complete a project; they asked a question, chased it down, and stood behind their answer. That’s not just a school assignment—that’s capital S Science. We don’t yet know which of these budding scientists will go on to cure a disease, write the code that changes an industry, or solve a problem we haven’t named yet. But we do know they already have the most important skill: curiosity with follow-through and an academic environment that supports it!