Carquinez Middle School

Think like an engineer as you design, build, and test solutions to hands-on challenges. Students explore structures and mechanisms, learning how small changes can make their creations stronger or more effective.

Build a foundation for active play through age-appropriate bodyweight exercises, balance activities, and movement games. Students develop strength, coordination, and confidence while learning proper movement habits.

Explore balance, flexibility, and body control through beginner gymnastics and movement activities. Students practice foundational skills at their own pace while building confidence and coordination.

Try a variety of sports through skill-building activities and friendly games. Students develop coordination, discover new interests, and practice teamwork while staying active.

Investigate scientific ideas through experiments, creative challenges, and hands-on discovery. Students test predictions, compare results, and use evidence to explain what they find.

Practice dribbling, passing, and shooting through engaging basketball drills and games. Students develop coordination, learn basic game rules, and build confidence working as a team.

Get to know baseball through beginner-friendly throwing, catching, batting, and base-running activities. Students build coordination and learn the basics of the game in a supportive team setting.

Build soccer skills through active drills, playful challenges, and team games. Students practice dribbling, passing, and shooting while learning teamwork and good sportsmanship.

Explore electricity through hands-on circuit building without computer coding. Students experiment with connections, switches, and lights to create inventions and discover what makes a circuit work.

Explore science through hands-on experiments that invite students to ask questions, make predictions, and observe what happens. Each activity encourages curiosity and introduces new ways to understand the world.

Bring favorite stories to life through imaginative building challenges. Students design bridges, shelters, and other creations to help storybook characters while exploring early engineering skills.

Combine circuits and beginner coding to build inventions that light up or respond to input. Students connect electronic components, test their ideas, and troubleshoot their creations.