Welcome to STEM

Summer!!!

Thank you for a great year in STEM lab!

I look forward to seeing what everyone accomplishes next year. Have a fun and safe summer break. You deserve it! Try to do something stemmy this summer and practice the design cycle and engineering habits of mind.

See you in August.

The kindergarten class read the story, Creepy Carrots, in STEM lab.

They then collaborated to solve the problem of how to keep the creepy carrots inside the carrot patch, but also keep Jasper, the rabbit, out.

The 4th grade spent this week's STEM lab learning how to code the special moves and different speeds of the Ozobot.

First grade used coins to learn about probability in STEM lab.

They then designed and built their own coins that increased the probability that the coin would land on the “lucky” side.

Building the whole school Rube Goldberg machine

The first graders worked on measuring with non-standard units in STEM lab.

The 7th grade worked on line coding using Ozobots in STEM lab this week.

Here are some pictures of the first class using the new design studio! The third graders spent some time learning color coding with Ozobots.

The sixth graders worked in pairs to build a microscope using hand lenses and items from the Makerspace.

STEM & TECHNOLOGY CLASS

6th graders worked on a Google slides stop motion video. Below is the link to a video from one of our 6th graders. ENJOY!!!

STOP MOTION VIDEO LINK

St. Ed's Trash Talkers inspired out 1st graders

Homemade Bouncy Balls, Archeological Dig

The 7th graders have been leaning about the scientific inquiry.

3rd Grade STEM Lab

The third graders worked collaboratively to design and build a snowman that could change sizes. The snowman needed to have at least 2 segments and the segments needed to be connected in some way.

The 5th-8th graders had fun in STEM lab playing Minute to Win It games

Check out these COOOOOOLLLLLL Christmas trees!!!!

The kindergarten, first grade, and second grade each worked cooperatively to build a Christmas tree from 15 cups, a small cardboard tube, and a piece of cardboard. The finished tree was then decorated with pom pom ornaments. When the students became frustrated, we stopped class to discuss what was causing the frustration and how to overcome it. This challenge really helped the younger students practice resilience.

Circular Christmas Trees

The 5th graders learned to use a compass to draw circles for a previous challenge. This week they put that skill to use by building the tables tree they could using only paper circles. The tallest tree built was close to 7 inches tall.

The kindergartners worked to build a prototype of a new hat for Santa that would stay on his head when delivering presents. The most difficult part

The kindergartners worked to build a prototype of a new hat for Santa that would stay on his head when delivering presents. The most difficult part of this challenge proved to be creating a hat that was 3D.

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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