Elementary Experiences

Important Instructions to Book Your Experience

1. Click the “Book Experience” button for the experience you want to book.
2. Choose the date and time by clicking through the calendar of available dates by month. Click on the date and then click on the time to select.
3. Fill out the required information.
4. Click on “Book”.
5. Experiences will be added to your calendar from the Booking app. Invites may also be sent in Outlook Calendar to site administration, office managers, and teachers as applicable by CCR staff. When you receive the invite, accept it and make sure to select “send response” so the CCR office has confirmation it was received.
6. If a change is required (either location or date/time), reach out to the contact listed for your experience below.

LEGO 4 All is an initiative to bring engineering in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and Career Exploration to Pre-K through 2nd grade classrooms. Teachers are given information about CTE courses and programs in the district, and trained in ways LEGO can be used in the classroom to help students explore careers. Teachers are provided with a LEGO kit based on their grade level to use in their classrooms.

STEAM Park: Pre-K and Kindergarten

Coding Express and LEGO People: Grades 1 and 2

Experience contact:
Leanne Cervantes-Johnson   leanne.cervantes@fresnounified.org

Bricks 4 Kidz, a company specializing in STEM education utilizing Lego models, teaches engineering skills to each 1st and 2nd grade classroom. Bricks 4 Kidz visits each site to provide an in-class 90 minute learning activity to all 1st and 2nd grade students across the District. Cooperative team-based discovery and critical thinking skills are reinforced as students work together to determine career themes of the hands-on activity.

Bricks 4 Kidz Experience Information

Experience contact:
Malcolm Ross   malcolm.ross@fresnounified.org

Experience contact:
Leanne Cervantes-Johnson   leanne.cervantes@fresnounified.org

What is THINK? Teaching How Innovation Nurtures Knowledge is a program created by Fresno Unified’s Career Technical Education Department and the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State. THINK is a monthly career-based challenge program that allows students to solve problems that are rooted in the engineering design process. During the school year, students in third through sixth grade receive classroom experiences delivered/facilitated by our Lyles Center partners. Innovation Day is the culminating event for the THINK program at the end of the school year and takes place at the Save Mart Center. During the event, students showcase their creativity and innovation skills by working together to solve a design challenge in front of an audience of family and friends.

Experience contact:
Garrett Main   garrett.main@fresnounified.org

Minecraft CTE City

Grade 5

We’re excited to bring Minecraft CTE City to your classrooms!

This interactive Career Technical Education (CTE) experience will allow students to explore industry sectors such as Agriculture & Natural Resources, Transportation, Arts, Media & Entertainment, and more by solving real-world problems within a Minecraft world.

Experience contact:
Gianni Danisi  gianni.danisi@fresnounified.org

Students work in collaborative teams to find clues, problem solve, and open the locks on the Breakout Box -- think of it like an escape room in a box! Students receive an overview of what CTE is, what options are available across the Fresno Unified system, and how their transitional school counselors will help them in selecting courses for the upcoming school year. The goal is to communicate early and often so that all 6th grade students better understand their regional progression and the CTE pathways and programs available to them. This program is in partnership with WorkEd, who will come to the school site and provide the experience to the class.

Book Experience

Experience contact:
Gianni Danisi  gianni.danisi@fresnounified.org