Many classroom are incorporating the stream tables into their curriculum this year. Below is how two 4th grade classes at Dixie did it. Please share in the comments anything you learned from your experiences! 3rd Grade from Glenwood
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Bahia Vista 5th graders work on catapults for accuracy and distance. More catapult information and designs from Coleman's 5th graders. Catapults from 5th graders at San Pedro Catapults from 5th graders at Dixie
Miller Creek 7th graders worked on lung models and scaling in their latest project.
Below are pictures from 3rd, 4th , and 5th grade classes, and their clay boat lessons. Check out the comments below and feel free to add any ideas and helpful management tips! Here is a look at one way to put all the lessons on bridges and structures together for a years unit. Thanks for all your hard work Sarah Zykanov! Engineering Design:
Students who demonstrate understanding can: 3–5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 3–5-ETS1-2. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. 3–5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved. Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth ESS2.E: Biogeology ● Living things affect the physical characteristics of their regions. (4-ESS2-1) ESS3.B: Natural Hazards ● A variety of hazards result from natural processes (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions). Humans cannot eliminate the hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts. (4-ESS3-2) ETS1.B: Designing Solutions to Engineering Problems ● Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. (secondary to 4-ESS3-2) Last year many of the teachers focus was the new engineering design standards and what that looks like in the classroom. Below are some examples, pictures, and articles from one iTEAMS member, John Flanagan's, experiences.
The Lemonade Stand video shows how to make a control experiment with one variable. Many other ideas from Design Squad, NASA, and Engineering is Elementary.
White Hill Middle School has so much going on! Frog dissection, solar power cars, data collection and probability! Frog dissection by 7th graders Solar Power Racers built with cardboard as prototypes and then cut out of wood with a laser cutter. Teacher, Nate McDonald received a $10,000 grant from PG and E to fund this project Students learn the game SKUNK to talk about probability and work on posters for their data collection posters (gotta' love the questions the students come up with!)
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