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====The I.D.E.A.(Inventing, Designing, Experimenting, & Art) Room provides elementary students with the unique opportunity to connect digital technologies with the physical world through expression involving creative arts using a constructionist approach to learning. This project enables students to construct knowledge about physical science principles, while designing and building personally meaningful artifacts using craft materials, Lego & PicoCricket blocks, and Scratch & PicoBlocks computer programs. While PicoCricket kits are based on research from the MIT Media Lab, the I.D.E.A Room is a unique proposal utilizing these materials to bring engineering design combined with individual interests to our students helping to answer our nation's call to strengthen preparation to succeed in STEM subjects.==== ====The Jr. Engineers of the I.D.E.A Room will develop the same skill set of real engineers. They will design, build, test, evaluate, and revise while working with a variety of materials and computer technology. Working under the theme of The Future, they may find creative ways to represent their dreams for the future, solve transportation issues of the future, or perhaps focus on future game design. Through active engagement in the process, students will learn key scientific principles of force, motion, & energy. They will develop communication skills as they document, share, and collaborate on this project wiki.====