Marie Noell Lawrence, Johnathan Owens, Dana Lee, Caitlin Fergurson, and Diane MeyerThe team’s innovative teaching idea, “Rigamagig STEM Challenges,” focuses on expanding hands-on learning using Rigamagig Building Kits in every grade level K to

The team’s innovative teaching idea, “Rigamagig STEM Challenges,” focuses on expanding             hands-on learning using Rigamagig Building Kits in every grade level K to 8. Rigamagig activities will lead kids from wonder to knowledge using a five to nine step Engineering Design Process enhancing the STEM curriculum. Each Rigamagig kit contains planks, wheels, pulleys, nuts, bolts and rope designed to engage the inquisitive minds and creative spirits of children. Students will have the opportunity to think three dimensionally, create physically, and work together to combine imagination with cognitive thinking and invention. Through concrete experiences developing spatial understanding and the basics of simple machines, Lawrence and his team aim to challenge students to design and construct engineering projects that will enhance their learning.