Skinner Magnet PK - 5
Engineering, Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
4304 North 33rd Street, Omaha, NE 68111
Phone: (531) 299- 2080
Fax: (531) 299 - 2090
Health Office Fax: (531) 299-2089
Mrs. Cox-Jones, Principal tarina.coxjones@ops.org or 531-299-2080
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Skinner Magnet Center’s mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that allows opportunities for staff and students to grow academically, socially, and emotionally in an atmosphere that recognizes every students individual talents, and efforts result in respectful, responsible and resourceful future leaders who are college and career ready.
Engineering: Communicate multiple engineering concepts that incorporate the problem-solving process Build with K’Nex and legos to show how force, energy, and motion work Explore careers and opportunities related to engineering concepts Work with engineers and engineering students to build projects Integrate technologies such as Sketch up, Robotics and Power Point throughout the design process Use computers to show your work and how you designed it Mathematics: Express mathematical thinking and knowledge by adapting a variety of appropriate strategies to solve real life problems Experience ways that math is used everyday to solve problems Investigate career connections in the area of mathematics Learn about money and banking and train to be a teller for The Skyhawk Branch of the US Bank Enhance conceptual understanding using calculators, computers, spreadsheets, graphing and drawing utilities, interactive boards, the Internet, video, and other forms of electronic information technology Use computers, smartboards and other technology to solve math problems Visual & Performing Arts: Interpret and analyze artistic content focusing on human diversity themes Discover how people from different times and places express themselves Explore careers and opportunities in the visual and performing arts through community arts partnerships Visit museums, attend performances, and work with artists from our community Integrate technologies such as Animationish, PowerPoint, iPhoto, iMovie, Wii, and GarageBand into the critical thinking process Create artwork using computers, ipods and digital cameras