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This is our 5th annual pumpkin drop

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and for the pumpkin drop , it's one of

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our monthly steam challenges and so

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classrooms were given some instructions

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about how they could build a pumpkin

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lander . So our

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main purpose and this is making steam

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fun and exciting for our students .

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It's also all about making students

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know that there are real world

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applications to what they're learning

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in the classroom . So we connect this

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to future careers and then it's really

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great for them to follow through and

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test it out so that they can reflect on

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what they've built and how they can

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build it better the next time , Built

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into all of our steam challenges , the

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engineering design process , it's real

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for them , it's a real world experience ,

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Steam challenges . It's kind of more

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exciting and a fun way for them to get

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involved .