During the month of October, students worked on various STEAM activities

K-2: worked on building and designing activities from the STEM Bins.  Each group got a different invention card and they had to replicate the card using the material provided.

Material:  Pipe cleaners and straws, playdoh and toothpicks and Duplo Lego.

Objective:  I can develop and use models by working with my team and showing synergy.

3rd and 4th Graders planned, designed and created a checker’s Board using the following materials: 

Washi Tape (2 colors), bottle caps (28 total), rectangular cardboard, ducktape (2 colors),  and 1-gallon size Ziploc bag.

Objectives:

C.O.  I can use plan, design and measure a bottle cap checkers board by following the list of criteria and constraints given for the challenge.

L.O.  I can orally present  my planning and designing steps to my classmates…

Criteria:

• Measurements should be atleast 11’x9’
• Use 2 colors of duct tape
• Use 28 bottle caps

Constraints: 

• Board can’t be less than 11’x9’
• Can’t use other material

5th Graders worked on designing, planning and creating a robotic hand in which all fingers can move.

Materials

• Scissors
• Tape
• Cardboard paper or cardstock paper
• Standard drinking straws
• Pearl drink straws or bigger diameter straws
• Yarn or twine

Objective:  I can develop and build a model of a robotic hand by using mathematics and computational thinking.