Doug Miller, president of the Bulldog Foundation, presents a check to teachers Andrea Iman and Maria Pratt for invention kits that students will use to learn about working with tools, creating and solving problems. With them is Dawn Burks, school board president.

Classroom grants presented for elementary STEM projects

By Beth Church

Two classroom grants for student invention kits were awarded at Monday’s meeting

of the Rossford Board of Education.

Doug Miller, president of the Bulldog Foundation, presented $440 to Maria Pratt of Eagle Point Elementary and $459 to Andrea Iman of Glenwood Elementary.

“We have given several thousand dollars so far, and we’re planning to continue,” he said.

Ms. Pratt will purchase Makedo kits, which are a cardboard construction system for creative thinking with the STEM curriculum.

Reusable tools and cardboard will be used during learning labs to encourage third-graders to create and experiment in the projects they make for kindergarten students.

Students also will create a video that explains their design process and how the kindergarteners will use the creations.

Ms. Iman will use her grant for Makey-Makey invention kits that turn everyday objects into touch pads and combine them with the internet.

The students learn about materials that conduct electricity and how to complete a circuit that enables to the device to work. They will present their projects to their peers.