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.   Challenges, 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 as they engineer solutions.  Students will also engage in testing, evaluating and improving their work.   Below is a sample of what students might expect.  

6th Grade

• Introduction to the engineering design process

• Two systems of measurement and scale drawings 

• Hand tool use and safety

• Following the Engineering design process to design and build a catapult that will launch a ping pong ball

• Robotics -VEX IQ robots (funded by YEF)

  • • • VEX CODE VR

      • Robotics club (with Mr. Harrington)

• 3D modeling/design using Tinkercad and  3D printing

• Wood burning

• Block coding  on Code.org

  • • Why learn to code?

• Makerspace

7th Grade

• Introduction to power tool use and safety

• Two systems of measurement and scale drawings

• Letter /Number wood project

• Jigsaw puzzles 

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

  • • • Why learn to code?

• 3D modeling and design using Tinkercad and  3D printing 

• HMS Make it/Fix it  - HMS staff submit projects that they would like fixed or built for their classrooms- students consult with the staff member to create a design and then build it and deliver/install.  

• Open Shop - Follow the engineering design process to design and build your own idea.  Choose one of these ideas or come up with your own.... What do YOU want to make?

  • • • Wood shop ideas

8th Grade

• Review of power tool use and safety / Reverse engineering- Ping pong paddles (design, build and play)

• Following the Engineering Design Process to build a windmill that will lift weight off of the ground (energy transfer, simple machines, friction)

• HMS Make it/Fix it- HMS staff submit projects that they would like fixed or built for their classrooms- students consult with the staff member to create a design and then build it and deliver/install.  

• Open Shop- Follow the engineering design process to design/ build your own idea or learn something new.  Choose one of these ideas or come up with your own.... What do YOU want to make?

  • • • • • 3D Modeling (Tinkercad, OnShape, Fusion 360, Blender)..... and 3D Printing 

            • Make a hinge part 1     Make a hinge Part 2

            • Make a box with a hinge

            • Make a screw top cap

            • 3D design and print the components for a working fan.    Install an electrical circuit.  

          • Wood shop ideas

          • Robotics

Challenge Games

Be the computer!

• Click on the icon on the screen and your adventure will begin.  

• Read and follow the code. Use your arrow keys to move the dot, and when you succeed the dot will turn into a check mark.

• How many levels can you get in 10, 15, or 20 minutes?

Silent Teacher 

Try the Silent Teacher Game. You are given a computer code without any instructions or help. Can you figure out the correct output for the problem? Click the output you think is correct.