Middle school engineering students participated in two events using the remotely operated underwater vehicles that they spent the year constructing. On Friday, May 31st, students worked out at Lacamas Lake with WSUV PhD candidate, Bridget Deemer, who is studying the nitrate levels in the lake. She explained her research and encouraged students to get underwater [...]
read more
On Saturday, June 1st, six middle school engineering students made the trip to Bremerton for the Kitsap 2nd Annual ROV tournament. The teams maneuvered their underwater rovers in a pool obstacle course to meet various challenges along with presenting a poster about the ROV construction and career goals. Persistence was the word of the day [...]
read more
MONDAY 05/13 4th Grade- Goal: Receive all papers, projects, and ready themselves for Latitude and Longitude The third grade was not at STEM today due to a field trip. The fourth grade received all their old paperwork and project items from the year. Then they were introduced to the concept of latitude and longitude, mapping [...]
read moreThis is what the kids will be doing in STEM today. I found it online from another school (in Maine, I believe). Please wait to check it out until you have a good fifteen to twenty minutes to dedicate to it because you won’t want to miss this!! http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/k9mod/Mapskill/mod3fl5.swf ~ Christine Neer Be the first [...]
read more
The teachers in our district are using the common core for literacy and math, and have been focusing on ways to assess student ability. I’ve joined them to discuss the common core and to listen in on teacher conversations about math and literacy. An important point that some noted is the use of common practice [...]
read more
Hello STEM dudes and dudettes! Powerful Schools’ Curiosity Club students finished up a fun and dynamic 10 week session of lego robotics animation in mid-March. During the 10 weeks, students created mini lego robot characters and worked in teams to create an animated movie with sound effects. Their big question for the session was [...]
read moreI’d like to invite you all to check out Wenatchee School District’s STEM and Project Based Learning Website. This website follows our journey toward STEM and PBL at all grade levels. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike
read moreOur school district sends elementary students on field experiences every year. I thought this would be a great chance for teachers to work with students to do real-life math. Field scientists use math in all their data analysis. Not only do they have to document the specimens that they collect, but they also have to [...]
read more
Sorry the length of time since my last post. I was training for the Boston marathon and sustained an injury two weeks before the event. I was able to run (and finish), but in a lot of pain. During the lead up to the race my class did some work on the iPads looking at [...]
read moreThird Grade Report The third grade received an overview of the rubber band and propeller propulsion for their Maglevs and began design work for this which they learned and completed on time in order to share for Family STEM Night. The children did an excellent job of describing their process for the project which I [...]
read more
