{"id":5804,"date":"2016-10-21T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5804"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:12:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:12:32","slug":"las-yescas-elementary-students-part-of-pltw-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5804","title":{"rendered":"Las Yescas Elementary Students Part of PLTW Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068659021_5ee547b213_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5786\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068659021_5ee547b213_k.jpg\" alt=\"30068659021_5ee547b213_k\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068659021_5ee547b213_k.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068659021_5ee547b213_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068659021_5ee547b213_k-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068659021_5ee547b213_k-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Project Lead the Way launched for fourth-grade students in the Los Fresnos CISD, and students were all smiles to begin work on the hands-on projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The fourth graders were the first group of elementary school students to take part in PLTW. Their activity started on Monday and will run for two weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Other grade levels will take part on PLTW activities for two-week periods later in the semester.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30038959732_2f3222a8bf_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5784\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30038959732_2f3222a8bf_k.jpg\" alt=\"30038959732_2f3222a8bf_k\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30038959732_2f3222a8bf_k.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30038959732_2f3222a8bf_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At Las Yescas Elementary, where fourth-grade classes are departmentalized, students took part in PLTW activities with teacher Victoria Valdez, who teaches science to all fourth-grade students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cFor the first two days, they did a reading component to study the objective of energy,\u201d principal Oscar de la Rosa said. \u201cThey are very excited about these projects, because it involves a lot of hands-on work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The objective for fourth-graders was to build a toy bicycle using parts in an activity kit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068660291_d006ad368a_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5787\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068660291_d006ad368a_k.jpg\" alt=\"30068660291_d006ad368a_k\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068660291_d006ad368a_k.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30068660291_d006ad368a_k-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD Project Lead the Way launched for fourth-grade students in the Los Fresnos CISD, and students were all smiles to begin work on the hands-on projects. The fourth graders were the first group of elementary school students to take part in PLTW. Their activity started on Monday and will run for two weeks. 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