ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Teachers and volunteers used grant money to turn a portable classroom into a spaceship for Brushy Creek Elementary students to explore new worlds.
The $2,000 grant from the Round Rock ISD Partners in Education Foundation allowed the school to transform the space into, well, space. Parents built and installed a command center in one half of the room and outfitted the other half to represent the moon. Students can explore in a rover, see the outside of the spaceship and play among the stars.
Teachers call the space a “transformation room.” In the fall, it was converted into a camping area, complete with tents and campfire games; but since Brushy Creek focuses on early science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) work, “we said, well then, let’s create a room where kids can really learn about STEM, be inspired by STEM,” said Susan Putaansuu, a gifted and talented specialist at the school who applied for the grant.
On KXAN News Today, see how kids react to the space the first time they get to explore it.
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