Parents became the students of their children Tuesday afternoon at Washington STEM Academy.
Their second-graders taught them many different facts about cicadas, dragonflies and butterflies.
According to teacher Derek Pike, Washington had its “Second Grade Life Cycle Night” from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Each of the three second-grade classrooms have been studying cicadas, dragonflies or butterflies.
“All of them became experts on their specific insect,” Pike said.
Each class taught the other second-grade classrooms on their specific insect so that every second-grader learned about all three bugs.
Students taught each other about their insect’s life cycle, body parts, predators and habitat, Pike said.
For students to teach the other students, they used different iPad apps, including Comic Book, Scribble Press or other media.
Wanting to show parents, grandparents and the community what the students have been learning and to show how Washington has been implementing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), the school scheduled its “Life Cycle Night” for the public.
So that parents could lead the discussion with their children, as they entered the gymnasium they were handed a paper with questions about the bugs to ask the kids. All questions were applicable to each insect, Pike said.
Along with Pike, the other teachers involved included Josh Wall and Kara Mayer.
