• STEAM CURRICULUM

    To fulfill one of the pillars of our mission and stay true to our school name, Carnahan offers diverse and exciting STEAM courses, in addition to its already cross-curricular STEAMatized core subjects. These courses are taught on STEAM Days, which occur on Mondays (C days). Depending on student needs and interests, each student can choose up to 5 STEAM electives from the following STEAM courses list (please note, some are mandatory):

    • Health (High School credit)
    • (mandatory) Socio-Emotional Learning around Universals 
    • (mandatory) STEAM Wheel - a rotation of STEAM units from Sam Labs curriculum resource which embeds coding in instructional modules: 
      • Welcome to SAM Studio
      • Becoming Future-Ready
      • Architecture
      • Filmmaking & Entertainment
      • Agricultural Science
      • Climate & Environmental Science
      • Aerospace Science & Engineering
      • Video Game Development
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • SAM Spotlights
      • STEAM Career Explorations (from Beable)
    • Fitness
    • Stage Craft
    • Theater
    • Hispanic Culture and Language
    • Building Futures (woodshop and engineering)
    • Chess
    • eSports
    • Personal Finance
    • Accelerated Math (for students that need additional support with math concepts)
    • Accelerated Reading (for students that need additional support with reading and writing)

  • STEAM FACILITIES & RESOURCES

    Carnahan prides itself on providing appropriate facilities, equipment, and resources for students to successfully "walk" the STEAM paths:

    • Woodshop (fully equipped with tools and supervised by trained staff, sponsored by Building Futures)
    • STEAM lab, in the making, equipped with state-of-the art:
      • Z-Space 
      • 3D printers (see example project below)
      • Robotics kits (Lego Spike Prime)
      • Sam Labs sensors and kits
    • eSports Classroom