Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School Electives

Grades 5-6

Art Exploration is the art elective course offered to students interested in improving their artistic skills. Art Exploration provides students with an opportunity to experience in greater depth the many varied methods and materials of art media. Exploration and development of line, color, form, texture and space in both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional projects help to develop individual growth and personal expression.

Grades 5-6

Coding with Robotics is an introductory-level computing course that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science. Students learn to design and evaluate solutions and apply computer science to solve problems by developing algorithms and programs. Students will send their code to robots that will help solve the problem at hand. Students also explore how computing innovations and robotics impact their lives and the globe.

Grade 5-6

The Family and Consumer Sciences Elective will present students with exploratory experiences designed to meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards and allow them to grow as individuals with practical experience.  Areas of study will include Introspection of oneself and Cooperative Learning, Financial Literacy, Culinary Arts, Nutrition and Wellness, Human Development and Child/Elder Care, Textiles/Clothing Design, and Career Development.  Hands-on experiences will allow students to develop a sense of self, learn to relate to others, become more independent in thinking and problem solving, and learn to manage a variety of resources from budgets to food and clothing.

Grades 5-6

This engineering course will introduce the students to hands-on problem solving activities, which emphasize the concepts, skills, and processes of solving various real-world problems. “Experience is a great teacher.”  This statement explains that we learn best and retain information best with the experience of actually doing something.  STEM Education is the edifice for students to apply the knowledge and perform hands-on applications. 

Grade 5

This introduction to dance elective course will expose students to a variety of different styles of dance.  Students will explore these different styles through critique and performance of a variety of different dance works.

Grades 5-6

Art Exploration is the art elective course offered to students interested in improving their artistic skills.  Art Exploration provides students with an opportunity to experience in greater depth the many varied methods and materials of art media.  Exploration and development of line, color, form, texture and space in both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional projects help to develop individual growth and personal expression.

Grades 5-6

Coding with Robotics is an introductory-level computing course that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science. Students learn to design and evaluate solutions and apply computer science to solve problems by developing algorithms and programs. They will send their code to robots that will help solve the engineering problem.  Students will investigate how computing innovations and robotics impact their lives and the globe.

Grades 5-6

The Family and Consumer Sciences Elective will present students with exploratory experiences designed to meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards and allow them to grow as individuals with practical experience.  Areas of study will include Introspection of oneself and Cooperative Learning, Financial Literacy, Culinary Arts, Nutrition and Wellness, Human Development and Child/Elder Care, Textiles/Clothing Design, and Career Development.  Hands-on experiences will allow students to develop a sense of self, learn to relate to others, become more independent in thinking and problem solving, and learn to manage a variety of resources from budgets to food and clothing.

Grade 6

In Media Production Lab, students will learn about creating, recording, and editing multiple forms of media that have become an ever-growing part of our everyday lives. Covering Photography, Video Production, Audio Recording and editing, this class will introduce and immerse students in multiple forms of media and what goes into creating what they experience daily. The class will consist of multiple unit projects that cover a combination of the artistic and technical aspects of media production. Each student will walk away with creations that they will have collaborated on and can share over various platforms.

Grades 5-6

This engineering course will introduce the students to hands-on problem solving activities, which emphasize the concepts, skills, and processes of solving various real-world problems.  “Experience is a great teacher.”  This statement explains that we learn best and retain information best with the experience of actually doing something.  STEM Education is the edifice for students to apply knowledge and perform hands-on applications.

Grade 6

This introduction to dance elective course will expose students to a variety of different styles of dance. Students will explore these different styles through critique and performance of a variety of different dance works.