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Welcome to STEM

The 6th graders worked on a project of their choosing to show both potential and kinetic energy.

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Popcorn, Popcorn and more Popcorn!!

Grade 1 learned how heat can change substances by learning how to pop popcorn.

Grade 6 had their choice of what to build to show examples of both kinetic and potential energy.

To start the new year, the kindergarten class used items in the Makerspace to build the number 2023.

Mr. Kelly, a paper engineer, came to speak to our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders about his STEM career.

4th Graders Candy Cane Challenge and Spero Programing

The 4th grade built candy cane grabbers in STEM lab. The students were able to keep any candy canes they grabbed with their device within the 30 second time limit. The most candy canes collected this year was 21!

The kindergarten class learned how to build from a "blueprint" as they built Christmas trees using cups.

The first graders learned from the 8th graders how to code an Ozobot as part of their Exploration project to become master coders.

The 4th graders experimented with block coding using the Ozobot in STEM Lab this week.

The 2nd and 3rd grades have been working on building cars for the last several weeks.

The car should travel the farthest when started on a ramp.

These cars needed multiple redesigns as making working wheels proved to be difficult to build.

The 5th grade has been working collaboratively to build a tabletop version of their favorite sports.

Engineering Design

The kindergarten students had a chance to learn that engineers design and build things to solve problems and about the different types of engineering. They then rotated through stations where they participated in activities that reflected what each type of engineer might do in their career.

The kindergarteners and first graders worked on the Engineering Habit of Mind & Curiosity.

They used their 5 senses and asked questions to discover what was inside a sealed box without opening it.

The 6th graders discovered that they could stand on paper cups if their weight was distributed properly.

WELCOME BACK!!!!

I am so happy to see all the students return and to meet all the new students. After talking with you, it seems like everyone enjoyed their summer break!

This week the fourth and fifth grade students save Fred, the gummy worm, from drowning by working collaboratively to put the gummy life preserver around his middle. The students were not allowed to touch Fred, the life preserver, or his capsized boat with anything other than a few paper clips.

STEM RESOURCES

STEM Terminology

Design Cycle- the process used by the student to plan for, build, test, and redesign prototypes

Engineering Habits of Mind- curiosity, collaboration, open-mindedness, resilience, resourcefulness, reflection, ethical consideration

Makerspace- a space where students at all grade levels can share equipment, materials, and knowledge to create, plan, fail, learn, and revise products that individually they could not complete due to lack of resources, time, or space.

What Is a Makerspace?

PBL- Project Based Learning

STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

St. Joseph Parish School

175 Saint Joseph Drive, Amherst, Ohio 44001, United States

440-988-4244

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