Pine Log Elementary School STEM Portfolio

2.3 STEM Curriculum: Day-to-Day Interdisciplinary Instruction

Excelling will look like: Students are engaged in daily interdisciplinary instruction that supports Georgia Standards of Excellence.

“I used the STEM Interdisciplinary Planning Poster to show my students their purpose for learning.”

- Lori Mealer, PLES Teacher

Teachers can use the STEM Planning poster to plan interdisciplinary units. They are posted in the hallway to visibly communicate GSE to stakeholders the opportunities for vertical planning and community partnerships.

New Interdisciplinary Plan

This plan was adopted in the winter of the 2023-2024 school year.

Interdisciplinary Connections from Ga Inspire

Interdisciplinary-Connections-Grade-4-Unit-1.pdf

Teachers use the Interdisciplinary Connections page from Ga Inspire to help when planning for interdiscplinary units.

Pre-K - Apples

Interdisciplinary Plan

Pre- K Interdisiplinary Plan

Lesson Plan

PreK_STEM Apples.pdf

Pre- K Lesson Plan

This is the Pre-K STEM timeline where they post all of the STEM activities and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

Kindergarten - Physical Attributes

Interdisciplinary Plan

Kindergarten Interdisiplnary Plan

Lesson Plan

Kindergarten Lesson Plan.pdf

Physical Attributes Lesson Plan

Journal Entry

Kindergarten Student Journal Entry

Sense of Smell

Students' sort things based on physical attributes.

This is the Kindergarten STEM timeline where they post all of the STEM Interdisciplinary Tasks and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

1st Grade - Parts of a Plant

Interdisciplinary Plan

Lesson Plan

1st Grade STEM Walk - Parts of a Plant.pdf

Journal Entry

STEM Wall (2).pdf

This is the 1st Grade STEM timeline where they post all of the STEM Interdisciplinary Tasks and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

2nd Grade - Seed Dispersal

Interdisciplinary Plan

Lesson Plan

2nd Grade Lesson Plan.pdf

Journal Entry

This is the 2nd Grade STEM timeline where they post all of the STEM Interdisciplinary Tasks and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

3rd Grade - Soil & Pollution

Interdisiplinary Plan

Lesson Plan

3rd MARCH-Soil-STEM Overview_Hallway.pdf

Journal Entry

This bottle contains multiple soil

Collaboration meeting about integration in other subjects

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This is the 3rd Grade STEM timeline where they post all of the STEM Interdisciplinary Tasks and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

4th Grade - Ecosystems

Interdisciplinary Plan

4th Grade Lesson Plan.pdf

Lesson Plans

Journal Entry

This is the 4th Grade STEM timeline where they post all of the STEM Interdisciplinary Tasks and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

4th Grade students designing a paper straw airplane.

5th Grade - Cooking up Fractions with S'mores

Interdisciplinary Plan

Interdisciplinary Plan for Cooking up Fractions with S'mores

Lesson Plans

5th Grade Lesson Plan.pdf

Lesson plan for Cooking up Fractions with S'mores

Journal Entry

Cook with s'mores journal entry

Mr. Mickey the PLES cafe manager speaking with students about how they use fractions in the kitchen.

Students working with Mr. Mickey to cook s'mores in the PLES cafe. They had to use fractions for the amount of s'mores on each tray.

This is the 5th Grade STEM imeline where they post all of the STEM Interdisciplinary Tasks and projects they are involved in throughout the year.

Gateway

Constructive and Deconstructive Forces

At Jekyll Island, the students were able to experience different Georgia Habitats in classes that provided hands-on activities within real-world experiences.

-Valerie Prior, Gifted teacher

Beach Ecology (Seining)

Constructive and Deconstructive Forces (Driftwood Beach)

"Jekyll was a good experience and a lot of fun. It taught us about different environments that I had never seen before like the mangrove forest, marsh, and petrified forest. We got to learn about things outside the classroom."

-5th grader

Ecology

Classes at 4-H Jekyll

Dock Ecology at Jekyll Island, Ga

Maritime Forest Ecology

“The Jekyll Island 4H Experience truly emerges students into the learning. It lets you become one with nature. Students are able to learn environmental awareness, become informed on environmental behavior intent, and build a connectedness to nature.”

-Collette O'Connell, Gifted teacher

Physical Education - Foxes and Farmers

Lesson Plans

PE 4th Grade Killdeer.pdf

PE Lesson plan for Foxes and Farmers

Students playing foxes and farmers

Technology - 3-D Printing Nest Markers

Lesson Plans

Technology 3D Printing- Killdeer Nest Markers.pdf

Technology lesson plan on designing and making 3-D printed Killdeer markers

Journal Entry

Student journal where they have sketched the plan for their 3-D Killdeer marker

Music

Banana Piano

Lesson Plan

Music - Creating a Banana Piano.pdf

Theremins

Lesson Plan

Music STEM Lesson Theremins.pdf

September 2023 - Lesson plan on Theremins

Journal Entry

September 2023 -STEM journal on Theremins

Art - Killdeer Predators

Lesson Plans

Art STEM PBL Project.pdf

Killdeer decoy lesson plan

Journal Entry

Students journal with a materials list and objectives for creating a Killdeer predator decoy.

Students conducted Investigative research on Killdeer predators.

This is a skunk decoy created by 4th Graders to scare the Kildeer off of the playground.

Counselor Connections - Motivation & Careers

Lesson Plans

Guidance STEM lesson - motivation.pdf

Guidance STEM Lesson plan on motivation and careers

Student collaboration and growth mindset

STEM Careers researched in guidance

Learning Log (media center)

a modern elementary school media center focused on literacy and STEM integration

Kindergarten

Students in Kindergarten improved their building skills in STEM stations in the Learning Log through the use of magnetic tiles, wood blocks, recycled building materials, STEM kits, Lincoln Logs, and LEGOs.

Second grade

Students in second grade classes made connections to coding and robotics while working with Marty the Robot in the Learning Log.

Fifth grade

Students in fifth grade classes made connections to aeronautics and piloting through the Preparing for Flight lessons with the drones from WozEd.

NOTE: As a standard practice PLES does not require lesson plans. Therefore, STEM lessons are planned through teachers' collaborative team discussions.

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