STEAM
CURRICULUM
The Corte Madera STEAM curriculum is developed based on California State Standards, in alignment with PVSD's goals and priorities. All of our students are provided a high-quality program that motivates, engages, and challenges them to be critical thinkers and problem solvers.
Grades 4 - 6 STEAM
Students will engage in frequent hands-on activities geared towards combining each of the STEAM disciplines; science, technology, engineering and mathematics. They will reinforce classroom instruction by learning through units in a fun, safe environment for meaningful group collaboration.
Through a creative and iterative design process, students turn imaginative ideas into real-world solutions. They start by stepping into the user's shoes to uncover core needs, then dive into dynamic brainstorming to explore open-ended possibilities. Blending high-tech tools—like 3D printing, VEX robotics, and LittleBits circuitry—with everyday materials like cardboard and tape, students prototype, test, and adapt their concepts. Each iteration encourages bold experimentation, constructive reflection, and artistic problem-solving, empowering students to build resilience and bring original concepts to life.
Overall, the goal of the course is to expose students to a variety of STEAM concepts like the engineering design process, coding, problem solving and robotics that will maximize critical thinking, innovation, productive struggle and collaboration.
Useful Links
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)