Take SEL beyond worksheets.
Students don’t learn resilience from a lesson about resilience. They learn it when the tower falls – and they decide to build again.
Imagineerz is a K-5 program that uses engineering challenges to put all five CASEL competencies into practice.
– Self-Awareness
– Social Awareness
– Responsible Decision-Making
– Self-Management
– Relationship Skills
One engineering challenge.
Dozens of authentic SEL moments.
SEL rarely arrives on schedule. Watch what unfolds during one 50-minute lesson.
Example challenge: Build a Rube Goldberg machine that completes a simple task.
4 minutes
Don’t know where to start.
7 minutes
I have an idea!
12 minutes
Nobody is listening to me.
28 minutes
Our machine stops halfway.
35 minutes
What could make it move?
40 minutes
It’s still not working.
43 minutes
You should have listened to me.
44 minutes
This is taking forever.
46 minutes
Let’s try again.
That is the SEL lesson.
Not a hypothetical situation. Not a worksheet about handling frustration.
Students experience uncertainty, disagreement, and disappointment—and work through obstacles using the shared language and practical tools they learn in every lesson.
It’s not sit-and-get learning. It’s SEL in action!
A shared language changes what happens next.
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Teachers and students learn the SEL language and tools together through video lessons.
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The language begins showing up during math, writing, group work, and everyday challenges.
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Over time, it changes how the classroom responds to struggle.
Active SEL in action
At Ocean Air, SEL and STEM happen together.
At Ocean Air School, the counselor and innovation teacher bring Imagineerz to students across K-5. Students learn and practice both SEL and STEM at the same time.
“At first, it just looks like they’re building with cereal boxes and string — but pretty quickly you see what’s really happening. They’re problem-solving, they’re working together.”
Anna Swartout
School Counselor · Ocean Air School
SEL
Shared language and tools
STEM
Hands-on engineering challenges
K-5
A connected schoolwide progression
