Mrs. Wright’s first grade class is learning the value of coins. Students had various stations where they counted, sorted, graphed, and coded their robot to values shown on a ten frame, arrays, and values of their coins. Students then used the Engineering Design Process they learned in STEAM class.

With their problem of building a bank, students brainstormed ways to design their creation. Then they had to use their plastic coins to purchase all their materials from Mrs. Loving’s
store and their creations began. Evaluations of their designs were completed a students put their coins in their bank. So much fun learning about coins!