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Table of Contents
Listed below are the STREAM projects you will find on this webpage. To view a specific project, click on the title link. Otherwise, you are welcome to scroll through the page.
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Clarissa Arambula
Project LIKE Intern
Literacy Leader
Professor: Edwina Williams
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Professor David Parker
DESN 100: Fundamentals of Design
MiraCosta College
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Emma Herrera
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
"I want the students to learn that as a woman, Anna Atkins made a major contribution to science. I also want to encourage students to find passion in observing/documenting the outside world while exploring their creative nature."
Target Audience: Grade 8+
by Elena Cohen
Sociology 102: Contemporary Social Problems
Professor: Dr. Thao Ha
"I want the youth to learn how much geometry is embedded into our everyday world, more specifically in art."
Target Audience: Grade 5-7
by Ashley Gerdo
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
“I would like the children to learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Ellen Ochoa and the different layers of the atmosphere and what kinds of things they can fly or see in each one.”
Target Audience: Grade 3-8+
by Jade Young
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
“Students will be introduced to designer Alma Siedhoff-Buscher, who created children's toys based on shapes to promote their creativity. Students will learn about discrimination in education based on gender and how that is not a barrier in doing something that you love. Also, they will be introduced to basic shapes such as a triangle, circle, rectangle, trapezoid, or pentagon, and how to use those shapes in the creation of art and identifying those shapes in the world around us.”
Target Audience: Grade 5-8+
by Andrew Willis
CSUSM
Community Partner: Project LIKE
"Students will learn some basic writing techniques/skills to compose a short story or narrative. Students will also learn biographical facts about James Baldwin and how to enhance their writing."
Target Audience: Grade 7-8+
by Amanda Thompson
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
“We will be using food scraps such as onion skins and avocado pits to dye natural fibers that can be found around the house to bring new life to old clothing, sheets, or towels. I want students to learn how to bring new life to clothing or goods that would normally be thrown away or donated. The way we can find new uses from food waste to create art through science. There is always a way to recycle or reuse something if we just use our imagination and have fun!”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Eva Saffar
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
“Students will learn about Ann Lowe, an African American designer in the 1880's. I will talk about her life and her career. Students will have to create their own T-shirt with dye. I want them to learn about an influential designer and be inspired to create their own clothes.”
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Target Audience: Grade 8+
by Teddy Laurinaria
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
"Students will read an Emily Dickinson poem and then they will write their own poem. After reading a poem written by Emily Dickinson, they will write their own poem and create a digital collage version of their poem. The children will learn how to write vivid poetry and learn about who Emily Dickinson was and why she is a figure in the poetry community."
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Lauren Thompson
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
*This requires access to an oven, thus requires parental supervision*
"The theme of my activity is wartime rationing during WWII. First, I will give a brief talk about the science of nutrition, then move into how that was relevant when they were coming up with guidelines for WWII rationing. I will then talk about Elsie Widdowson, a British nutritionist that was very important in developing nutrition guidelines for rationing and doing research for how this would impact health outcomes. I will then do a cooking demo of a wartime recipe which will demonstrate how people adapted to wartime rationing while still making tasty treats."
Target Audience: Grade 4-8+
by Ruby Eddo
Sociology 120: Women's Studies
Professor: Edwina Williams
“Using a few pieces of paper and a few colors and scissors, children will learn to layer the colored paper to create an abstract work of art inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe. They will learn about abstract art and make a work of art themselves. I want children to learn art can be easy and fun as well as learn about one of the most famous women in modern art.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
"Let’s practice writing some of my favorite forms of poetry: the acrostic poem, the haiku, and the limerick!"
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
"Let’s do the famous penny water drop experiment comparing the cohesion of three solutions!"
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
"Join me in this chemistry experiment where we determine whether household substances are acidic or basic!"
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
"Learn how to cook a healthy snack, a hard-cooked egg, and perform a chemical reaction that dissolves the calcium carbonate eggshell."
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
"Light is something we may take for granted in our everyday lives, but when we take a closer look at it, light is super cool!"
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Kenda Rauscher
STREAM Campus Aide
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
"Make crystallized sugar using chemistry! We use the science of saturation to grow sugar crystals!"
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Madeline Tat
STREAM Presenter Volunteer
MiraCosta College
“I want children to learn about how different liquids and objects have different densities by building their own tower and comparing the different
layers that form."
Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Karla Salazar, Kathleen Smith-Mercado,
Samantha Groballi, & Sophia Lombardi
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“We will be creating slime and explaining the science behind its creation while relating it to the anatomy of our body tissue.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Lynne Miller
Anthropology Professor
MiraCosta College
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Lynne Miller
Anthropology Professor
MiraCosta College
Target Audience: Grade 4-8+
by Mary Bagwell, Makyla Rivera, Trisha Barta, Aliya Hussaini,
Alexis Young, & Alondra Valdez Morales
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“Students will be engaging with a voice-over power point presentation to learn how to sculpt a clay/play-dough femur while making connections to anatomical concepts.”
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Target Audience: Grade 6-8
by Michelle Kim
Nutrition 100: Nutrition Today
Professor: Erin Skoda
“I will demonstrate the importance of receiving Vitamin D."
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Carlos Garcia & Rebekah Bradbury
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The infographic will give children knowledge about muscles and exercise and the video will share details about MiraCosta College.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Carlos Garcia & Rebekah Bradbury
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The video will give students a step by step process of where certain muscles are on their body and they will mimic the presenter at pointing out different parts of their body and how they move.”
Target Audience: Grade 5-8
by Molly Minney & Ambrail Amezquita
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The slime activity project will be used to show children the different structures of the human body. Children will learn about the similarities of the slime to the human body.”
Target Audience: Grade 5-8
by Molly Minney & Ambrail Amezquita
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The slime activity project will be used to show children the different structures of the human body. Children will learn about the similarities of the slime to the human body.”
Target Audience: Grade 5-8+
by Teresa Nguyen, Marissa Signer, Dulce Anding, Annie Kandaya,
Afsun Montanbbeh, & Dahanna Reyna
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The slime activity project will be used to show children the different structures of the human body. Children will learn about the similarities of the slime to the human body.”
Target Audience: Grade 5-8+
by Teresa Nguyen, Marissa Signer, Dulce Anding, Annie Kandaya,
Afsun Montanbbeh, & Dahanna Reyna
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The slime activity project will be used to show children the different structures of the human body. Children will learn about the similarities of the slime to the human body.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Dannae Gruning, Raymund Escauriaga,
Guadalupe Sanchez, & Michele Barton
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“The children will make their own clay and follow the steps to construct a model femur out of the clay. We want children to learn what the femur is in the human body and what it's form and function is.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Kendall Guzman
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“Children will learn how to make slime and how it relates to anatomy. Children will learn what makes slime unique and how it is similar in function to dense connective tissue.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Daniel Kingsmore
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“Children will do an exercise activity available for most ages to promote bone health. I want children to learn that muscles are dynamic, 'living' parts of our body which need to be utilized to maintain our health.”
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Yuka Nakai
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“Children will do some easy exercise while sitting down."
Target Audience: Grade 6-8+
by Nino Corral
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“Children will watch a short video presentation of how to model clay into a femur. I want students to be exposed to some surface of anatomy.”
Target Audience: Kindergarten- Grade 6
by Kela Torres, Danielle Moore, & Bomi Lee
Biology 210: Human Anatomy
Professor: Tina Walker
“DIY slime activity that engages all ages of the family in an "experimental" activity to make a fun and simple project. Students will learn skills like measurements, mixing ingredients, as well as learning how molecules in slime activator's like liquid starch change the molecules in the glue- process called cross-linking.”