STEM

Hey Boys and Girls! Here is a new STEM book called Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg and a new STEM activity for you to work on for the next 2 weeks. Have fun hearing me read this new book and creating a Hand Grabber to pick up trash with to keep the world a cleaner place. Don't forget to use the Engineering Process to start with drawing your plan , writing down the materials you will use then create and you can always work on the last part of the design process- Improve your design showing how you can make it even better.

You can take photos and turn them in as assignments or email me the design plan and your creation to smccaslin@wcpss.net. I miss you!!

STEM-Week 3 Desert Animals Read Aloud. After you watch my read aloud of Desert Animals, your job is to Create a desert animal and a Desert Habitat. (You might want to create a rattlesnake out of a paper plate like the one I will show you a picture of... found a shoe box and some sand paper to put inside and some rocks I found to create my desert too. Be creative. See what materials you can find to make a desert animal and a desert habitat. You can upload your STEM planning page to See Saw and your photo of your finished design. You have all of this week and all next week to do this so make it good and re-design if you want. I can't wait to see your designs! I miss you all so much!

Welcome to 6 new STEM activities you can do at home. On each of the cards if you click the link it will take you to a short video about each project! Some of the projects are:

Roller Coaster Birthday Party

Treasure Island Rescue

Troll Bridge

Lost Marble Lift

High in the Sky

Air Show Competition

Materials you might use are: Pencils, Straws, Pipe Cleaners, Paper or Card Stock, Note Cards, Tape, Playdough, Marbles and a Ping Pong Ball (or something similar), Paperclips, Popsicle Sticks, Paper cups, pennies, Dental Floss, Rubberbands, Tree Twigs. (Be creative and use what materials you have around the house)