Mrs. Saleh’s STEAM Class

Thursday – May 26, 2022

3:30-5:30

Location: Salina Intermediate

Hosted by: LAHC

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Dear Salina Students,

On Wednesday, May 4, all Salina students (K-8) will meet at Lapeer Park to participate in the National Bike & Roll to School Day (it is preferred that this is done on bikes, but walking is accepted as well). We have a bike rack located in the front of the school outside of the Art room. We will then travel alongside Adam Jenks from the Michigan Fitness Foundation back to school! Please make sure you join us Wednesday morning! 🙂 

Dear Parents,

Please visit the link below for more information about completing a parent survey for Salina Intermediate families:

https://salina-int.dearbornschools.org/2022/03/02/parent-survey-3/

Your input and feedback is very important to us!

Who: 4th-8th graders
What: Students will have the opportunity to rotate through 3 Hands-on activities using materials found in their homes.  The activities will be 30 minutes each with 10 minutes in-between.
When: Saturday, February 26, 2022
  Check-in and Welcome: 1:00 – 1:30pm
  Activities: 1:30-3:30pm
Where: Virtual Zoom meetings
Cost: FREE

Sponsored by: MDOT & General Motors

Students must be chaperoned during the entire duration of the event. Adults may bring up to 3 students with all students attending the same activities. Activities are arranged in prearranged tracks. Please choose your top 3 tracks. You will be assigned one of your choices the week before the event.  Activity Tracks are listed below within each choice menu. You can also view all available tracks here as a PDF. 

Note: As activities become full, they are unable to be chosen.

Activity Descriptions – Detailed descriptions and a list of materials needed for each activity:
Activity Descriptions (Adobe Portable Document Format .pdf)

Registration is required. Registration includes (1) this webform and (2) Parent Consent form. Registration deadline is February 11, 2022 or until maximum capacity is reached.

You will receive your assigned track the week before the event.  Please watch your email.

You will receive your ZOOM links closer to the event date.

Download: PDF of one form: Parent Consent Form

Please upload the completed form to this webform, where it states “Attendee PDF Upload”.

Questions can be directed to wie-outreach@egr.msu.edu SUBJ: Introduce a Girl to Engineering.

 In achieving its goals, the Women in Engineering program does not unlawfully discriminate. All events and programs are open to students of all genders.

For more information, please visit: https://www.egr.msu.edu/wie/form/introduce-girl-engineering

Dear STEAM Families,

Yesterday, I introduced our final project for STEAM for this semester.  Students will be designing and creating a prototype of a toy that can be used for a SPECIFIC child with Cerebral Palsy (based on the information they read in their ASSIGNED “Child Profile”–students must keep reading to understand this part).  The toy must meet the therapeutic goals and interests of the child.

The information for the project can be found on the PLTW Design & Modeling course website as well as in the last folder in the “Materials” section on Schoology.  All students are required to complete the project.  If students will not be in school, they must still work on and/or complete the project and presentation at home.  No students are excused from completing the final project for STEAM.

To find the information about this project, go to “Materials” and scroll down to the blue folder at the bottom titled “Final STEAM Project S1”.  Click open the folder.

-The first link will take you to the PLTW course where it explains what the project is about and includes a video that explains the design problem.
-The second link (that has the word “PRESENTATION” in the end) is the Google Slides template you will use to document your use of the Engineering Design Process throughout your time working on this project.
-You will only need to use ONE of the links that include “Child Profile” in the title.  You will open up the Child Profile Number that matches your GROUP/TABLE NUMBER in class (Example: If you are a part of Table/Group 3, you will open the link that says “Child Profile 3”; if you are a part of Table/Group 5, you will open the link that says “Child Profile 5”, etc.).
-The last two links in the materials folder are videos that help to give you a better understanding of the physical challenges that people with Cerebral Palsy face.  This information, as well as the information that is in the video in the PLTW course, will help you to understand what you have to keep in mind when you are designing your toy prototype.

Please email me if you have any questions about any part of this project (remember, you will be creating a prototype AND documenting how you’re using the EDP by completing the Google Slides Presentation Template–that means there are TWO parts to your grade for this project).

Sincerely,
Mrs. Saleh

Dear STEAM Families,

This is a friendly reminder that all students have access to the lessons, handouts, and assignments we are working on in class through Schoology. I also post helpful notes, video links, as well as other resources to support students who are in quarantine so that they are able to do their work at home. All students are required to do their work when in quarantine. They are not excused from their assignments. If students have any questions about the lessons, they know to email me and I will provide them with additional support.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Saleh

Dear STEAM Families,

Please review the two links below for the Arabic and English surveys that we would like for parents to fill out before the educational event scheduled on October 7 at 2:00 p.m.:

Arabic Translation

English Version

Parents are encouraged to fill out these surveys ahead of time.

All individuals who fill the surveys will have a chance to win one of three $100 Amazon gift cards.

After reviewing the attachments, please click on the link below to begin the survey:

https://form.jotform.com/212537164983159

Dear STEAM Families,

The 6th-8th grade students did an amazing job in STEAM last week as they practiced the Engineering Design Process through creating KEVA Planks landmark models!

Here is a link to the presentations that shows each landmark as well as the landmark models that students created in each class:

KEVA Planks Landmarks Activity Presentation

Great job, Salina Wildcats!

Mrs. Saleh

Dear Salina STEAM Families,

I would like to make sure all families are aware that all assignments and classwork that is taking place in STEAM will be posted on Schoology DAILY. If for any reason a student is absent (including being required to quarantine), students MUST log in on Schoology and complete the work at home (this may require printing out the assignment). When a student returns to school (especially after quarantine), ALL assignments from the days the student was absent/in quarantine must be turned in. This will prevent students from falling behind.

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me by email: salehd@dearbornschools.org or by calling the school: (313) 827-6600.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Saleh