STEM News
Dear fellow scientists,
Prep students have completed their In The Cup design projects, with some taking them home. They are now investigating which ball will bounce higher—a basketball, a ping pong ball, or a coloured ball—and checking if their predictions were correct. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfb1P6AzIkM
Grade 1 students are learning to classify rocks into different groups based on their size, texture, and colour by working collaboratively in their groups.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEJXaWRptQo
Grade 2 students are working in pairs to use an app called Scratch Jr, utilising block coding to create a recycling and compost game. Listen to this book on epic https://www.getepic.com/app/read/73524
Grade 3 students are learning to create a set of instructions for making a sundial. They practiced reading the time using a sundial and listed the steps for creating and setting it up correctly in an app called Book Creator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3GGdWA0QW0
Grade 4 students are identifying materials that are attracted to a magnet and those that are not. Students recorded the items they tested, including marbles, paper clips, bulldog clips, and pegs. They predicted whether each material or object would be attracted to a magnet and then tested it. Finally, students drew a conclusion about which materials were attracted to magnets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HHs98PBgk0
Grade 5 students are using algorithms to complete challenges by connecting the Sphero to iPads via Bluetooth and using coding blocks to control its movements.
Grade 6 students are creating an interactive quiz in Keynote to demonstrate their knowledge of tsunamis. They are designing five questions, along with their answers, about how tsunamis are generated. The quiz provides users with feedback on their answers and allows them to try again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9vPv-T51I
The STEM team would like to wish everyone a wonderful break and can not wait to see everyone back next year for more hands-on learning for STEM.