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STEM Exploration

Success Zone / Pecan Grove -
2026 Fall

Get ready for a season full of creativity, discovery, and hands-on innovation! In our Challenge Island STEM Exploration class, students will dive into exciting engineering and science challenges while building problem-solving, teamwork, and critical-thinking skills. Young innovators will explore activities such as Molecular Chemistry Challenges, creating solutions in a Pet Emergency Room, designing Mars rovers, building and testing Scribble Bots, discovering the science behind blood types, and more! Each week brings a new, engaging, high-interest STEM adventure where imagination meets engineering. To learn more visit: https://youtu.be/CUDxQYlHUuU

Week Challenge Name Description
1 Molecule Maker Students will build simple molecular models using colorful playdough and toothpicks to explore how atoms connect to form molecules while developing creativity, problem-solving, and early chemistry skills.
2 Mission: Blood Science Students will explore blood components and blood types, create a slime model of blood, and design an interactive game to discover how white blood cells protect the body from infection.
3 Magic School Bus: Body Pinball Quest Students will journey through the human body with the Magic School Bus as they explore major organs and design a hands-on pinball game that builds creativity, problem-solving, and hand-eye coordination.
4 Pet Emergency Room Students will explore the role of veterinarians, discover how animals stay healthy, learn how X-rays help care for pets, and create their own animal X-ray model.
5 Pawsome Puppy Pounce Students will explore animal instincts, DNA, species, and predator-prey relationships while designing roller coasters, pulley systems, and an exciting Rube Goldberg chain reaction challenge with their STEAM Team.
6 Bot Art Lab Students will build a simple Scribble Bot to explore engineering, motion, and vibration while developing creativity, problem-solving, fine motor, and teamwork skills.
7 Simple Machine Treehouse Students will explore the six simple machines and use engineering, creativity, and problem-solving skills to design and build a working treehouse filled with moving machine elements.
8 Mighty Mars Rover Students will become space engineers as they design and build their own Mighty Mars Rover while exploring how rovers travel, solve problems, and help scientists explore the surface of Mars.
9 Dino Bone Lift Students will explore engineering and simple machines by building a working winch system to lift and transport dinosaur bones while discovering how lifting systems are used in real life.
10 Hurricane to Turbine Challenge Students will explore hurricanes, wind energy, and energy transfer while designing and building a working wind turbine to discover how wind can be converted into power.
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Map/Locations
Locations
Pecan Grove Elementary
3330 Old S Dr
Richmond, TX 77406
SZ-PGE-6

  Arayah LLC - Challenge Island

Pecan Grove Elementary
Thursdays, Oct 1 - Dec 17
3:45 - 4:45 PM

  No Class Oct 15 & Nov 26

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Grades   K - 3rd
Price: $ 220 00