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LA STEM STORIES
LA STEM STORIES
10 Experiments with Christmas Lights
Archimedes
Archimedes story
Assassination of Garfield
Assassination Story
Assassination Story short version
Bell's Demonstration
Harmonic telegraph
Interrupter
Metal Detector
Microphone
Speaker
Telegraph
Telephone
ASSESSMENT
Carrie Everson
Breaking Down Rock
Carrie Everson Story Part II
Carrie Everson Story, Part 1
Electrolysis
Flame Tests
Leaching
Oil Flotation
Panning
PROCESS HINT-Granular measure
Static Separation
Carver: From Nothing to Amazing
Carver's Impact on Agriculture
Carver: From Nothing to Amazing
Denaturing
Distillation
Distillation Theory
Extracting Sugar
Other Distillation Compounds
Step-by-step procedure
Making Paper
Polymerization
Saponification
Starting a Lab
STEM Challenge
CONNECTING THE DISCIPLINES
CONTEXT
Data Table
Emily's Wedding Dress
Energy Course
Experiment 1
Experiment 10
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
Experiment 4
Experiment 5
Experiment 6
Experiment 7
Experiment 8
Experiment 9
GO-STEM ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS WORKSHOP
HOME EXPLORATIONS
Home Explorations CO2
A Gas We Make
For Teachers and Parents: Midgley
Gases in Air
Home Explorations: Carver
For Teachers and Parents: Carver
Home Explorations: Making Paper
HOME EXPLORATIONS: STEM CHALLENGE
Making a Graduate Cylinder
Making Glue
Making Observations
Making Paper
Making Plastic
Making Soap
Separating Milk
Stove
Home Explorations: EARTH MOON STARS
Cardinal Directions
Follow the Shadow
For Teachers and Parents: Earth Moon and Stars
Moon Journal
Moon's orbit
My Shadow Poem
Star Bright
Home Explorations: Epidemic!
Being a Detective
Human Zoo: Transmission of Diseases
MASK ARTICLE
Mask Article 2
Mold
Parents and Teachers: Epidemic!
Population Explosion
Protecting Yourself
Snow Story
Home Explorations: Magnets
Books About Magnets
Feed Your Cow A Magnet
Home Explorations: Drawing with Magnets
For Teachers and Parents Magnets
Home Explorations: Magnets/Finding Hidden Iron
Home Explorations: Magnets/Floating Magnets
Home Explorations: Magnets/Lines of Force
Home Explorations: Magnets/Magic Pencil
Levitating Magnets
Magnets Protect Brains
Home Explorations: STEM and Coins
Coin Metals I
Betsy's Worth
Betsy's Worth
Calculating Betsy's Worth
Clean Coins
Clean Coins
Coin Conductivity
Coin Power
Coin Power
FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS: COINS AND STEM
Making Coins
Mintmaster's Daughter
Pine Tree Shillings Story
Plating Coins
Puritan History Sources
Home Explorations: Stranded!
Build a Life Jacket
Coconuts!
Cook Those Fish!
Fish Trap!
Flotation Device Sources
Foil Boat
For Parents and Teachers: Stranded
Home Explorations: Sunlight
Bottle Glass Starts Fire
Bottle in Dry Grass Story
Glass Starts Fire
Fading Colors
Rothko's Faded Murals
Rothko's murals, part 2
The Faded Murals
Flying Too High
How Hot Is It In a Parked Car?
Warning to Icarus
How is this STEM?
Insect Invasion
crickets
Insect Invasion: Film Clip
Insect Invasion: Locust Swarm
Observational Checksheet
INVERTEBRATE EXPLORATIONS
Beetle
DRAWING RUBRIC
Ecosystems Grade 5
Food Webs and Abiotic Systems
Habitat
Lady Bird Beetles
Life Cycles Grade 3
Roach Nymph
Sowbugs
James Hanger: Prosthetic Pioneer
Hanger Story
Motor actuators
Pneumatic Muscles
Pneumatics
Junkbox Engineering: Working in 2D and 3D
A 2D Model
H drive
PART II 2D Plotter
Reversing a motor
WIRING THE PLOTTER MOTORS
LEARNING THEORY
Life in 3D
555 circuits
CAD Software
Controlling Motors Manually
Motor Reversal
Controlling the Motors with a Microprocessor: Arduino
Cura
Emma's Story
Mechanics of a Plotter
Mono Price Printer
Motor Basics
Software Control of a Microprocessor: Arduino
Box Sketch
square sketch
Start up: Building a power supply
Stepper Motors
Take apart a printer
MATERIALS
Moving water as a Context to Learn Engineering Practices
Archimedes Screw
Centripetal Pump
CO2 and Atmosphere
CO2 a heavy gas
Hippo Roller
Noria
Plunger Pump
Shaduf Revisited
Shaduuf
Siphons
Spiral pump
PHILOSOPHY
PROCESSES
Registration Form
rocks
STAFF
STANDARDS
STEM NOTEBOOK
Stephanie Kwolek
Atomic Ratios
Becoming Familiar with Polymers
Chemical reactions: Analysis
Chemical Reactions: Replacement
endothermic reaction
Chemical Reactions: Synthesis
Composite Definitions
Enhancing/Testing a Natural Polymer
Other Polymers
Casein
Making a Plastic
Slime Formulae
Polymer Vocabulary
STEM Challenge: Composites
Stephanie Kwolek Story
Super Ball
Testing a Polymer
White Powders
White Powder References
STORY CONTEXT
Reading LA STEM Stories
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: PRIMARY
Structure and Process Grade 4
Survival Stories
Teachers and Parents--Sunlight
The Air Lift Pump
The electromagnet
The Geyser Pump
THE LESSON APPROACH
The Metal of Coins
The Metal of Coins 2
The Rope Pump
Thomas Midgely
Dangers of Science and Technology
Fuel Heats
Midgely Story
Ozone
Ozone Layer
Periodic Table
Pulleys
Pulleys and Ropes
Transistor Driver
Using the Spring Balance
Volume of Gas
Water to Drink/Water Filtration
Filter Pot Engineering Challenges
Hurricane Mitch
Making CO2
Making Porous plaster
Molding filters
Baking Soda
Plaster and Cement
Percolation Rate
Turbidity
Water to Drink Stories
Hurricane Mitch
Wilson Greatbatch: Oops! I used the wrong Resistor!
Greatbatch circuit
Making a liquid conductor
Stem Challenge: Greatbatch
Testing Resistance
The Mistake That Saves Lives
Wire Length Calculation
Yeast
LA STEM STORIES
LA STEM STORIES
10 Experiments with Christmas Lights
Archimedes
Archimedes story
Assassination of Garfield
Assassination Story
Assassination Story short version
Bell's Demonstration
Harmonic telegraph
Interrupter
Metal Detector
Microphone
Speaker
Telegraph
Telephone
ASSESSMENT
Carrie Everson
Breaking Down Rock
Carrie Everson Story Part II
Carrie Everson Story, Part 1
Electrolysis
Flame Tests
Leaching
Oil Flotation
Panning
PROCESS HINT-Granular measure
Static Separation
Carver: From Nothing to Amazing
Carver's Impact on Agriculture
Carver: From Nothing to Amazing
Denaturing
Distillation
Distillation Theory
Extracting Sugar
Other Distillation Compounds
Step-by-step procedure
Making Paper
Polymerization
Saponification
Starting a Lab
STEM Challenge
CONNECTING THE DISCIPLINES
CONTEXT
Data Table
Emily's Wedding Dress
Energy Course
Experiment 1
Experiment 10
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
Experiment 4
Experiment 5
Experiment 6
Experiment 7
Experiment 8
Experiment 9
GO-STEM ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS WORKSHOP
HOME EXPLORATIONS
Home Explorations CO2
A Gas We Make
For Teachers and Parents: Midgley
Gases in Air
Home Explorations: Carver
For Teachers and Parents: Carver
Home Explorations: Making Paper
HOME EXPLORATIONS: STEM CHALLENGE
Making a Graduate Cylinder
Making Glue
Making Observations
Making Paper
Making Plastic
Making Soap
Separating Milk
Stove
Home Explorations: EARTH MOON STARS
Cardinal Directions
Follow the Shadow
For Teachers and Parents: Earth Moon and Stars
Moon Journal
Moon's orbit
My Shadow Poem
Star Bright
Home Explorations: Epidemic!
Being a Detective
Human Zoo: Transmission of Diseases
MASK ARTICLE
Mask Article 2
Mold
Parents and Teachers: Epidemic!
Population Explosion
Protecting Yourself
Snow Story
Home Explorations: Magnets
Books About Magnets
Feed Your Cow A Magnet
Home Explorations: Drawing with Magnets
For Teachers and Parents Magnets
Home Explorations: Magnets/Finding Hidden Iron
Home Explorations: Magnets/Floating Magnets
Home Explorations: Magnets/Lines of Force
Home Explorations: Magnets/Magic Pencil
Levitating Magnets
Magnets Protect Brains
Home Explorations: STEM and Coins
Coin Metals I
Betsy's Worth
Betsy's Worth
Calculating Betsy's Worth
Clean Coins
Clean Coins
Coin Conductivity
Coin Power
Coin Power
FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS: COINS AND STEM
Making Coins
Mintmaster's Daughter
Pine Tree Shillings Story
Plating Coins
Puritan History Sources
Home Explorations: Stranded!
Build a Life Jacket
Coconuts!
Cook Those Fish!
Fish Trap!
Flotation Device Sources
Foil Boat
For Parents and Teachers: Stranded
Home Explorations: Sunlight
Bottle Glass Starts Fire
Bottle in Dry Grass Story
Glass Starts Fire
Fading Colors
Rothko's Faded Murals
Rothko's murals, part 2
The Faded Murals
Flying Too High
How Hot Is It In a Parked Car?
Warning to Icarus
How is this STEM?
Insect Invasion
crickets
Insect Invasion: Film Clip
Insect Invasion: Locust Swarm
Observational Checksheet
INVERTEBRATE EXPLORATIONS
Beetle
DRAWING RUBRIC
Ecosystems Grade 5
Food Webs and Abiotic Systems
Habitat
Lady Bird Beetles
Life Cycles Grade 3
Roach Nymph
Sowbugs
James Hanger: Prosthetic Pioneer
Hanger Story
Motor actuators
Pneumatic Muscles
Pneumatics
Junkbox Engineering: Working in 2D and 3D
A 2D Model
H drive
PART II 2D Plotter
Reversing a motor
WIRING THE PLOTTER MOTORS
LEARNING THEORY
Life in 3D
555 circuits
CAD Software
Controlling Motors Manually
Motor Reversal
Controlling the Motors with a Microprocessor: Arduino
Cura
Emma's Story
Mechanics of a Plotter
Mono Price Printer
Motor Basics
Software Control of a Microprocessor: Arduino
Box Sketch
square sketch
Start up: Building a power supply
Stepper Motors
Take apart a printer
MATERIALS
Moving water as a Context to Learn Engineering Practices
Archimedes Screw
Centripetal Pump
CO2 and Atmosphere
CO2 a heavy gas
Hippo Roller
Noria
Plunger Pump
Shaduf Revisited
Shaduuf
Siphons
Spiral pump
PHILOSOPHY
PROCESSES
Registration Form
rocks
STAFF
STANDARDS
STEM NOTEBOOK
Stephanie Kwolek
Atomic Ratios
Becoming Familiar with Polymers
Chemical reactions: Analysis
Chemical Reactions: Replacement
endothermic reaction
Chemical Reactions: Synthesis
Composite Definitions
Enhancing/Testing a Natural Polymer
Other Polymers
Casein
Making a Plastic
Slime Formulae
Polymer Vocabulary
STEM Challenge: Composites
Stephanie Kwolek Story
Super Ball
Testing a Polymer
White Powders
White Powder References
STORY CONTEXT
Reading LA STEM Stories
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: PRIMARY
Structure and Process Grade 4
Survival Stories
Teachers and Parents--Sunlight
The Air Lift Pump
The electromagnet
The Geyser Pump
THE LESSON APPROACH
The Metal of Coins
The Metal of Coins 2
The Rope Pump
Thomas Midgely
Dangers of Science and Technology
Fuel Heats
Midgely Story
Ozone
Ozone Layer
Periodic Table
Pulleys
Pulleys and Ropes
Transistor Driver
Using the Spring Balance
Volume of Gas
Water to Drink/Water Filtration
Filter Pot Engineering Challenges
Hurricane Mitch
Making CO2
Making Porous plaster
Molding filters
Baking Soda
Plaster and Cement
Percolation Rate
Turbidity
Water to Drink Stories
Hurricane Mitch
Wilson Greatbatch: Oops! I used the wrong Resistor!
Greatbatch circuit
Making a liquid conductor
Stem Challenge: Greatbatch
Testing Resistance
The Mistake That Saves Lives
Wire Length Calculation
Yeast
More
LA STEM STORIES
10 Experiments with Christmas Lights
Archimedes
Archimedes story
Assassination of Garfield
Assassination Story
Assassination Story short version
Bell's Demonstration
Harmonic telegraph
Interrupter
Metal Detector
Microphone
Speaker
Telegraph
Telephone
ASSESSMENT
Carrie Everson
Breaking Down Rock
Carrie Everson Story Part II
Carrie Everson Story, Part 1
Electrolysis
Flame Tests
Leaching
Oil Flotation
Panning
PROCESS HINT-Granular measure
Static Separation
Carver: From Nothing to Amazing
Carver's Impact on Agriculture
Carver: From Nothing to Amazing
Denaturing
Distillation
Distillation Theory
Extracting Sugar
Other Distillation Compounds
Step-by-step procedure
Making Paper
Polymerization
Saponification
Starting a Lab
STEM Challenge
CONNECTING THE DISCIPLINES
CONTEXT
Data Table
Emily's Wedding Dress
Energy Course
Experiment 1
Experiment 10
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
Experiment 4
Experiment 5
Experiment 6
Experiment 7
Experiment 8
Experiment 9
GO-STEM ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS WORKSHOP
HOME EXPLORATIONS
Home Explorations CO2
A Gas We Make
For Teachers and Parents: Midgley
Gases in Air
Home Explorations: Carver
For Teachers and Parents: Carver
Home Explorations: Making Paper
HOME EXPLORATIONS: STEM CHALLENGE
Making a Graduate Cylinder
Making Glue
Making Observations
Making Paper
Making Plastic
Making Soap
Separating Milk
Stove
Home Explorations: EARTH MOON STARS
Cardinal Directions
Follow the Shadow
For Teachers and Parents: Earth Moon and Stars
Moon Journal
Moon's orbit
My Shadow Poem
Star Bright
Home Explorations: Epidemic!
Being a Detective
Human Zoo: Transmission of Diseases
MASK ARTICLE
Mask Article 2
Mold
Parents and Teachers: Epidemic!
Population Explosion
Protecting Yourself
Snow Story
Home Explorations: Magnets
Books About Magnets
Feed Your Cow A Magnet
Home Explorations: Drawing with Magnets
For Teachers and Parents Magnets
Home Explorations: Magnets/Finding Hidden Iron
Home Explorations: Magnets/Floating Magnets
Home Explorations: Magnets/Lines of Force
Home Explorations: Magnets/Magic Pencil
Levitating Magnets
Magnets Protect Brains
Home Explorations: STEM and Coins
Coin Metals I
Betsy's Worth
Betsy's Worth
Calculating Betsy's Worth
Clean Coins
Clean Coins
Coin Conductivity
Coin Power
Coin Power
FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS: COINS AND STEM
Making Coins
Mintmaster's Daughter
Pine Tree Shillings Story
Plating Coins
Puritan History Sources
Home Explorations: Stranded!
Build a Life Jacket
Coconuts!
Cook Those Fish!
Fish Trap!
Flotation Device Sources
Foil Boat
For Parents and Teachers: Stranded
Home Explorations: Sunlight
Bottle Glass Starts Fire
Bottle in Dry Grass Story
Glass Starts Fire
Fading Colors
Rothko's Faded Murals
Rothko's murals, part 2
The Faded Murals
Flying Too High
How Hot Is It In a Parked Car?
Warning to Icarus
How is this STEM?
Insect Invasion
crickets
Insect Invasion: Film Clip
Insect Invasion: Locust Swarm
Observational Checksheet
INVERTEBRATE EXPLORATIONS
Beetle
DRAWING RUBRIC
Ecosystems Grade 5
Food Webs and Abiotic Systems
Habitat
Lady Bird Beetles
Life Cycles Grade 3
Roach Nymph
Sowbugs
James Hanger: Prosthetic Pioneer
Hanger Story
Motor actuators
Pneumatic Muscles
Pneumatics
Junkbox Engineering: Working in 2D and 3D
A 2D Model
H drive
PART II 2D Plotter
Reversing a motor
WIRING THE PLOTTER MOTORS
LEARNING THEORY
Life in 3D
555 circuits
CAD Software
Controlling Motors Manually
Motor Reversal
Controlling the Motors with a Microprocessor: Arduino
Cura
Emma's Story
Mechanics of a Plotter
Mono Price Printer
Motor Basics
Software Control of a Microprocessor: Arduino
Box Sketch
square sketch
Start up: Building a power supply
Stepper Motors
Take apart a printer
MATERIALS
Moving water as a Context to Learn Engineering Practices
Archimedes Screw
Centripetal Pump
CO2 and Atmosphere
CO2 a heavy gas
Hippo Roller
Noria
Plunger Pump
Shaduf Revisited
Shaduuf
Siphons
Spiral pump
PHILOSOPHY
PROCESSES
Registration Form
rocks
STAFF
STANDARDS
STEM NOTEBOOK
Stephanie Kwolek
Atomic Ratios
Becoming Familiar with Polymers
Chemical reactions: Analysis
Chemical Reactions: Replacement
endothermic reaction
Chemical Reactions: Synthesis
Composite Definitions
Enhancing/Testing a Natural Polymer
Other Polymers
Casein
Making a Plastic
Slime Formulae
Polymer Vocabulary
STEM Challenge: Composites
Stephanie Kwolek Story
Super Ball
Testing a Polymer
White Powders
White Powder References
STORY CONTEXT
Reading LA STEM Stories
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: PRIMARY
Structure and Process Grade 4
Survival Stories
Teachers and Parents--Sunlight
The Air Lift Pump
The electromagnet
The Geyser Pump
THE LESSON APPROACH
The Metal of Coins
The Metal of Coins 2
The Rope Pump
Thomas Midgely
Dangers of Science and Technology
Fuel Heats
Midgely Story
Ozone
Ozone Layer
Periodic Table
Pulleys
Pulleys and Ropes
Transistor Driver
Using the Spring Balance
Volume of Gas
Water to Drink/Water Filtration
Filter Pot Engineering Challenges
Hurricane Mitch
Making CO2
Making Porous plaster
Molding filters
Baking Soda
Plaster and Cement
Percolation Rate
Turbidity
Water to Drink Stories
Hurricane Mitch
Wilson Greatbatch: Oops! I used the wrong Resistor!
Greatbatch circuit
Making a liquid conductor
Stem Challenge: Greatbatch
Testing Resistance
The Mistake That Saves Lives
Wire Length Calculation
Yeast
Data Table
Boat and Pennies Data Table
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