STEM Update
'Tapping into student curiosity and allowing them to create, test and re-create.'
This week in the STEM room
Welcome to Term 3 in the STEM space...This is an exciting term for Biological Sciences as we embrace our unit on SYSTEMS. Our Prep students will be investigating Living Things, looking at the basic requirements for survival. They will be using their skills to examine, compare and contrast different plants and animals and design the ultimate ‘bird feeder’.
In Year One and Two, the students are studying Minibeasts, exploring their habitats and using flowcharts to classify insects. They will use collaborative skills to design and make a Minibeast Hotel, in order to attract insects where habitats have been destroyed by human development.
The Year 3 and 4 students will focus on Plants in Action, planning experiments and investigations to determine the best circumstances for plants to thrive. They will plan, design and create a prototype of a greenhouse and explore cooking with native Indigenous plants.
Finally our senior students are focusing on Animal Adaptations and their survival in our ever-changing and developing world. Students will imagine and create their own Desert Survivor and showcase their research skills through a virtual 3D museum exhibit and presentation.
Please feel free to donate any shoe boxes, card, kitchen paper tubes and other clean recycling materials in our pursuit of engineering excellence!
Thank you for your support.
Prep Focus: Living Things BIG QUESTION: What do living things need in order to survive? |
1/2 Focus: Minibeasts/ Habitats BIG QUESTION: What would our world be like without minibeasts? |
3/4 Focus: Plant growth/ greenhouses BIG QUESTION: What are the requirements necessary for plants to thrive? |
5/6 Focus: Animal Adaptations Context: What features do organisms have to help them survive in their environment? Structural and behavioural adaptations and to a lesser extent, functional adaptations will be studied. BIG QUESTION: How do animals adapt and survive in extreme environments? |
Nicola Jones
STEM teacher
njones@fatimarosebud.catholic.edu.au