Elementary students at Northport Public School will be able to utilize a new, dedicated science, technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) lab launched this year.
Karen Trolenberg, elementary STEM lab facilitator, hopes the classroom and its shelves of resources, the first of its kind for the district, can help make it easier for teachers to offer engaging science activities to kids in grades K-5 going forward.
“My hope is that it will just enrich their science opportunities. They’re pretty excited about it and so am I,” Trolenberg said. “It’s for experiences, activities, games… and I’ll just tailor that to the teacher’s feedback and input and adjust it to exactly what they need or want. Maybe they’ll want to opt out, but if I can help in any way, I would like to do that.”
