FTG Middle School STEM

🥚This past week, STEM 1 students took on the Egg Drop Challenge for their final project of the year! This group has absolutely loved hands-on projects and it has been a joy tailoring our projects to their interests this year 🤓 I look forward to STEM 2 with them in August - have a great summer, y’all!

🤖 The 6th Grade STEM Rotation just pulled off an epic Tug of War Tournament, concluding their robotics unit! These teams turned trial and error into an art form, figuring out what makes their robot a real powerhouse 💪🏼

👨🏼‍🎓 STEM 2 celebrated our graduating Life Skills seniors on Thursday - Jayden and Mallie. Sadly Mallie couldn’t join us, but we still partied for her 💜 This gathering was also our last with our friends for the year 🥲 Watching relationships build and love grow among these young people was a blessing to witness!

Special shout out to Mandy Haws for making the most deliciously, beautiful cookies for our event!

🐯 Fort Gibson’s 2026 Special Olympics was just that…SPECIAL! Watching these students compete today in events they’ve practiced and prepared for was such a joy. And witnessing the camaraderie between my 8th graders and our competitors was powerful 🤍While STEM students encouraged, cheered for, and assisted our friends, our friends sought out STEM students they have grown close with this year for pictures, high-fives, and hugs!

🙏🏼Thank you to our administration, teachers, staff, coaches, parents, volunteers, and competitors for allowing us the opportunity to be a part of this amazing event!

👕 One final shout out to our very own Boston Tapp who designed our shirts this year - I’d say he did a ROARsome job!

❤️Until next year!🖤

This Friday, our students are poised to deliver an outstanding Special Olympics Robotics event, built from scratch by STEM 2 students who not only crafted the competition field but also empowered their friends in Mrs. Hackworth's class - and this year, they're thrilled to welcome Mrs. Ford's students to the roster!

These almost freshman have been busy getting ready for August (it’s never too early!):

🌈 The Rainbow Lab allowed them to practice proper use of various lab equipment and the importance of reading/following directions.

📏 The Density Lab taught them how to calculate the density of regular and irregularly shaped objects.

🥇Metric Olympics gave them practice in using the correct metric units while they took measurements for distance and mass.

⚡️6th Grade STEM finished up their unit on circuits yesterday! They learned the function of basic components, how to read resistors, and how to use schematics to build circuits.🔌

6th Grade STEM used TinkerCAD to design their own keychains a few weeks ago and I just finished getting them printed 🤪 I always love seeing what these kiddos come up with, and I know some will be making pretty special gifts 😉

🏫 Now that the 8th Grade State Science Test is behind us, we are onto high school prep! First up: learning the proper names and uses for lab equipment 🧪

📢 2026 TSA State Leadership Conference Results 👏🏼

We may have only come home with one trophy this season, but we came home with several Top 10’s! Congratulations to all!!!

💻 1st Place: CAD Foundations - Ethan Anderson
📖 4th Place: Comic Book Design - Jonah Winkler
🎥 4th Place: Community Service Video - Kensli Doke & Saige Tiner
👩🏽‍⚖️5th Place: Challenging Technology Issues - Kensli Doke & Saige Tiner
⚡️ 6th Place: Electrical Applications - Ethan Anderson & JJ Samples
💼 7th Place: Career Prep - Kensli Doke
✈️ 7th Place: Drone Challenge (UAV) - Kensli Doke & JJ Samples
🗣️ 10th Place: Prepared Speech - Saige Tiner
📊10th Place: Promotional Marketing - Zac Hogan