28: Fly Me To The Moon
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." -Neil Armstrong Imagine a school unlike any other, nestled among the craters and mountains of the moon. A place where students can gaze out of the classroom windows and see the Earth, a distant blue planet floating in space. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but with advancements in technology and space exploration, building a school on the moon does not seem like a distant and impossible dream. This week, DSKI celebrated STEM Week with a challenge for all the students: Can we build a school on the moon? The children were not 100% sure if we could do it but they were eager to try. Since the kindergarteners learned about the different forms of transportation for our How We Organize Ourselves unit, we gladly accepted the challenge to build the transportation that will take the whole DSKI community, as well as the resources we need, to survive and thrive on the moon. I asked the children, what tra