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STEAM Education uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics to encourage critical thinking, creativity and other skills – skills important for working and living in the 21^st century.

Summer Camp is a great time for students to engage in fun STEAM activities. Most recently, Ms. Bryant and Mrs. Neely’s students were presented with two different engineering challenges.

Mysteries have the power to spark interest in reading as well as encourage observation and critical thinking skills.

As part of LGS Summer Camp’s Baking Bananza Week, 4-8 grade students gained confidence in the kitchen while learning entrepreneurship skills – and having fun!

At the End-of-Year Student Awards Ceremonies every student receives a Certificate of Recognition highlighting their strengths and accomplishments, and receives a round of applause from schoolmates, family members and staff.

Field Day is an annual event celebrating the end of the school year. It’s also a time when students can let loose and have fun with all their friends and schoolmates.

Exercise improves physical health, concentration and behavior among students and adults with autism — and those without. That’s why Linden Grove School is grateful to the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon and Cincinnati Children’s for the “oink”remental Kids Marathon and 26th Mile Event.

4-6 Team students recently had the opportunity to observe the butterfly life cycle up close. Ms. McGraw’s science class received a donated butterfly kit on April 10, and began learning about the fascinating caterpillar metamorphosis.

It’s Earth Day! And what better way to inspire students to care for our natural environment than have them explore nature in their own yard and create unique works of art with very special paper?

How can you imagine 4.6 billion years? And how does it compare with the length of time humans have been on the earth?

To gain a perspective of the scale of earth’s history, 6-8 team science students created geological timelines on the second and third floor hallways of the school building. In their timelines, one meter represents 100,000,000 years; so students measured off 46 meters for their 4.6 billion year timeline.

With spring in the air, Ms. Wagner’s K-2 science students are learning about the parts of a plant, their functions, and have even been talking about the parts they like to eat.

In their most recent class, students completed a worksheet identifying four plant parts: Continue reading “Parts of a Plant”