STEM News
Hello fellow scientists,
In Prep the students have been using their senses to observe the height of 3 different balls when they were dropped from the same height. They also had a go at planning their own obstacle course using three different types of motion that they have learnt this term.
In Grade 1 the students have been looking at comparing their observation results of soil with another group and at how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People used the Earth’s resources. They also created a model of a garden using Earth’s resources they found at school.
In Grade 2 the students went to an incursion about paper recycling. During the incursion they got to have a go at making their own paper pulp to create their own piece of recycled paper. They also looked at how everyday objects such as glass jars and paper could be reused in order to reduce the amount of waste that is produced.
In Grade 3 the students have been looking at how virtual museums may benefit people and the communities. They also looked at the positives and negatives of visiting a virtual museum.
https://airandspace.si.edu/virtual-tours/destination-moon/?startscene=8&startlookat=-3.2,0,98,0,0; - Virtual Air and Space Museum.
https://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/RACS/RACStour/index.html - Virtual CIRSO Space Research Centre in Australia
In Grade 4 the students have been looking at the contact and non-contact forces such as friction and gravity respectively. They have started to make a mini booklet which contains a definition and diagram of all the forces they have learnt this term. They have also explored how some objects are magnetic and some are not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMlXU97E-uQ – Video on Buoyancy
In Grade 5 the students have started their design project. They have planned their “choose their own space adventure story” and the layout of their slides. The students have learnt how to link on keynote and started to create their final product.
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/home - A link to an interactive live look at space.
In Grade 6 the students have created, tested and evaluated an earthquake-proof building.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEcwTQZy1xc – video showing the structure of some earthquake-proof buildings.
https://www.getepic.com/app/read/7754
https://www.getepic.com/app/read/43903
The STEM Team