STEAM

Welcome to the STEAM lab at HMS!

STEAM class at HMS is all about doing, with a curriculum grounded in the Next Generation Science Standards' (NGSS) eight practices of science and engineering. Activities and projects are student centered and hands-on. At each grade level, with an emphasis on safety, students will work in groups as well as individually to imagine, design, create and problem solve. Students will also engage in testing, evaluating and improving their work. Below is a sample of what students might expect.

5th Grade

• tool use and safety

• introduction to sketching (draw like an architect)

• wood burning

• Block coding- Code.org Express Course

• Block coding with VEX IQ robots (Install VEX code IQ Blocks from self-service)

  • • • Clawbot Build Instructions

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• introduction to 3D design using Tinkercad and 3D printing

6th Grade

• Hand tool use and safety

• sketching/drafting (draw like an architect)

• Block coding- Code.org Express Course (continued)

• Design and build a catapult

• mousetrap race cars

• coding

• 3D Design using Tinkercad and 3D printing

  • Dice

7th Grade

• Introduction to power tool use and safety

• Initial wood project

• Jigsaw puzzles

• Block coding- Code.org Express Course (continued)

• 3D design using Tinkercad and 3D printing

  • Light Switch Cover plate

• HMS Make it/Fix it

• Open Shop

8th Grade

• Windmills and energy transfer

• clock (click here to see how to assemble your motor, hands and battery)

• mechanical cars

• coding/app construction- Thunkable

• CAD design / 3D Printing - Introduction to OnShape

• VEX IQ robots

• Drones

• HMS Make it/Fix it

• Open Shop