RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -Students at Mathews Elementary School have a reason to look up! The birdhouses they made are now on display at Teglia’s Paradise Park. The park is just a short walk from their school. On Wednesday, as part of their observance of Earth Day, students and their families got to walk to school while checking out the birdhouses that are now hung on trees. Principal Amanda Schlatter says the students started working on the birdhouse project months ago. She says it hasn’t just been an enjoyable experience, the kids have also learned a lot.
“We’re doing a lot of STEM-based lessons,” says Principal Schlatter. “The students had to engage in their knowledge of shapes and math to put together these bird houses. In addition, the engineering and design portion of construction was very relevant in this project– coached by real life designers and architects and builders, so they really did learn a lot in this process.”
The project was possible because of collaborations with CORE, Van Woert Bigotti, City of Reno Parks and Recreation and Communities in Schools. Students say they had fun working together and they are not going to forget how much fun they had as they put a lot of thought into their designs…