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  • Loess Hills Computer Programming Elementary School students use Legos to learn STEM skills

    Nov 20, 2019No Comments
    Students at Loess Hills Computer Programming Elementary participate in Lego League. Photo by Connor Foster KTIV.
    A Sioux City elementary school is helping to improve the building blocks of student teamwork through Legos. This Tuesday Loess Hills Computer Programming Elementary School students began improving their communication and coding skills with the childhood toy. It’s all part of Lego League, a robotics compeition that helps strengthen STEM skills in children. According to ... READ MORE

  • Sioux City students learn grain bin rescue training skills

    Nov 19, 2019No Comments
    Dozens of Sioux City students got some hands-on learning Monday from the Sioux City Fire Rescue. High school students focused on Agriculture and the Sioux City Career Academy fire students taking a field trip to the Fire and Rescue training center on Monday afternoon. The kids were learning what it feels like to be trapped ... READ MORE

  • Fifth graders explore space through virtual reality

    Nov 07, 2019No Comments
    Morningside STEM fifth graders explore space through virtual reality
    This Friday is National STEM Day, and to celebrate a little early,  fifth graders from a Sioux City school had the chance to explore space through virtual reality. National STEM Day celebrates helping kids advance in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and math. On Wednesday, Morningside STEM Elementary School students explored the STEM ... READ MORE

  • Local firefighters read to kids

    Nov 05, 2019No Comments
    Sioux City Fire Rescue is expanding its efforts to reach out to kids and build a positive relationship with them. A group of firefighters from Fire Station 3 visited Unity Elementary Monday morning to read to the students in Kindergarten and 1st-grade classes. They're hoping to build trust with kids so they know who to ... READ MORE

  • Local elementary students get a lesson in digital citizenship

    Oct 11, 2019No Comments
    Technology in the classroom is an essential part of education today. Keeping student safe is equally as important. That’s why students at Sioux City elementary schools are learning about digital citizenship. This week, fourth-graders at Bryant Elementary are getting an interactive lesson about showing respect online. Teachers tell us the introduction serves as a safe ... READ MORE

  • Leeds Elementary finds a unique way to encourage students to read

    Oct 04, 2019No Comments
    A local elementary school has found a unique way to encourage their students to read! Each student at Leeds Elementary was given the same book Tuesday morning during an assembly and over the next few weeks, teachers will be reading a chapter of that book to their class each day. There will also be trivia ... READ MORE

  • High School Students attend STEM event

    Sep 20, 2019No Comments
    West High Students Attend STEM Event. Photo by Ramah Husidic.
    Students from West High School, jumped off a large yellow school bus in Sioux City, Iowa to attend a Science Technology Engineering Math event. They headed into the newly opened Clinic and Communications building on the 185th Air Refueling Wing's Base in Sioux City, Iowa. The 52 students, all freshman from Shelly Nash's Geophysics class, ... READ MORE