Farmingdale Transforms into Cardboard Arcade

Farmingdale School District students at Albany Avenue Elementary School recently explored their classmates’ paper creations during the school’s Cardboard Arcade. For the past several weeks, fifth grade students have been using their Friday Genius Hours to imagine, design, engineer and create functional arcade-style games using only paper and cardboard. More than 100 students in grades 1-4 experienced the interactive exhibit by playing with the more than 30 games on display and learning about the endless possibilities that exist within the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

In addition, the fifth grade students also gave presentations to explain their games, and the younger student audience gave real-time feedback on their work.

This event is part of a Farmingdale School District ongoing initiative to help inspire students to think outside the box and develop a love of STEM.

For more information about the Farmingdale School District and the opportunities to succeed it offers students throughout the year, visit the District’s website www.farmingdaleschools.org.

Photo 1: Farmingdale School District students play a cardboard game of air hockey during a recent “Cardboard Arcade” event at Albany Avenue Elementary School. Fifth grade students used their Friday Genius Hours to imagine, design, engineer and create functional arcade-style games using only paper and cardboard and students in grades 1-4 experienced the interactive exhibit by playing with the games. This was part of a District initiative to teach students about the endless possibilities that exist within the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Photo 2: A Farmingdale School District student plays a cardboard game of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) during a recent “Cardboard Arcade” event at Albany Avenue Elementary School. They were participating in a Farmingdale School District initiative to help inspire students to think outside the box and develop a love of STEM.