Fridays

Taking students on a journey across the globe—without leaving the classroom—by exploring world regions through the lens of STEM, innovation, and global problem-solving. This day cultivates curiosity, creativity, and global citizenship through hands-on discovery.

 

Core Learning Pillars
🌐 Global Exploration
Students explore diverse countries, cultures, and environments while understanding how geography influences innovation and sustainability.
🧪 STEM Problem Solving

Every week presents a challenge tied to a global issue—from water filtration to renewable energy—and
students work collaboratively to engineer solutions.
🗺 Mapping & Spatial Thinking
Through map work and geospatial challenges, students build geographic literacy and understand their place in a global context.
🏗 Innovation Inspired by Place
Students discover how local challenges around the world inspire creative technologies, cultural adaptations, and environmental solutions.
🌱 Global Citizenship & Sustainability
Encourages empathy, responsibility, and action for a more sustainable, just, and connected world.
🔗 Interdisciplinary Connections
Integrates social studies, science, math, technology, and art for a rich, well-rounded experience.
🎨 Creativity & Collaboration
Students design, build, create, and present with peers—blending imagination with teamwork

 

🛠 Learning Activities

• Building wind turbines inspired by Dutch engineering
• Designing water purification systems based on global access challenges
• Mapping the world’s biomes or trade routes and connecting them to climate or economy
• Solving STEM mysteries tied to global locations (e.g., flooding in Venice, desert farming in Egypt)
• Creating travel journals, passports, or global citizen pledges
• Exploring innovations from Indigenous Peoples around the world