What Students Say . . .

"Moonshot thinking is believing in an ideas most think is unreachable."
"Moonshot thinking is an ideas that they think is impossible but they do it anyways."
"Moonshot thinking is challenging yourself to go beyond."​
"Moonshot thinking is thinking out of the box and going above and beyond."
"Taking the impossible and making it possible."
"Moonshot thinking is taking a risk and inventing the future."
"Moonshot thinking is dreaming of the impossible and trying to do it."
The Wonders of Moonshot Thinking is a hands-on, innovated, and exploratory class that will engage students into real world applications of the STE(A)M Movement, innovative  thinking and the development of a Growth MindSet will create a generation of problem-solvers of tomorrow.   The term "moonshot" derives from the Apollo 11 spaceflight project, which landed the first human on the moon in 1969. "Moonshot" may also reference the earlier phrase "shoot for the moon" meaning aim for a lofty target.  Moonshot thinking challenges students to seek solutions to problems and/or be innovative in their thinking as they develop an engineering mind-set.  Students will seek solutions to design challenges, learn the art of coding, and experience how technology is evolving in our fast pace global marketplace.  In essence, students will seek a sense of MOONSHOT THINKING as they develop  answers to unknown problems.  Students will also explore career opportunities within the STEM (STEAM) field and how learning/innovation occurs outside of 'silos'; in isolation.
                                              TED TALKS: The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure (The premise of Moonshot Thinking)
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​STEM vs. STEAM

It is time to think outside of the silo's of education in which students no longer apply their learning in isolation (Silo's).  This course will allow our students to ingratiate their learning with ALL subject areas.
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​What is Moonshot Thinking

Is there a limit to our thinking?  How do we solve problems or create solutions to unknown possibilities? This is the driving force of this course.

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​Mod Lab 
​Reinvented 

MCC Middle School had a Modular Lab from 2003-06 in which was later a victim to budget cuts, this course is the reinvention of Mod Lab (later defined as STEM's Movement.​ 
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