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The students will be able to determine similarities and differences between two types of soil and information presented in two nonfiction texts. The students will be able to use the scientific process to observe, question, and form a hypothesis on why the two soil types are different

Stem Projecst for K-12 Learners
STEM learning takes students on a cool journey of creativity, exploration, and true real-world relevance. Solution Fluency provides the building blocks
for this. It?s a way for students to learn good problem-solving skills and to become successful with any challenge. This STEM Project Ideas Book will
help them do exactly that.
Inside are STEM project ideas for years K?12. There are 12 awesome projects for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to choose from
with choices for primary, middle, and senior grades.
What if a scenario idea you like isn?t for your specific grade? No problem?these lesson ideas are customizable and scalable for any grade
level. They?re also cross-curricular in nature, and can be adapted to other subject areas.
Explore these scenarios and think creatively about how you can bring STEM learning to life for your students

I decided to do this activity as a fun way to get my students engaged in the ever daunting physics unit in science 10. This activity was very easy to set up and I already had access to most of the materials at school. The basic idea of this was to create a launcher or sling shot with the materials you are given that will launch your army man the farthest. I gave each group 3 tries as sometime the launch didn’t go as planned. We marked the farthest launch and I had a prize for the winning group.

Activity- 1. Divide the students into groups. Introduce action plan and materials available for use to create the strongest and tallest structure. 2. Each group has to draw and label a blueprint of their plan/design. 3. Create a rubric with students to evaluate their structures. 4. Fascilitate and ask each group questions – What are you using in your design to create strength and stability.(We used this to create a shadow puppet on the ipads that demonstrated their learning.) Assessment 5. Students will test their structures strength using textbooks. Video tape. (Have textbooks readily available) **While presenting to each group in front of the class. 6. Students collaboratively created a Shadow Puppet, designed a dialogue together, and share their learning about structures. 7. Parents were engaged as we showcased our learning at Student Led Conferences on our Smartboard.

This hands-on project is an impactful way to show students how truly immense our solar system is! You get to decide if you want your model to show scale planet sizes or the scale distances between planets. You can combine a planet-size model of one scale with a distance model of another scale. But if you want size and distance to be the same scale, you’ll need to spread your model across at least half a mile!
Specific directions on how to calculate size/distance scales are included.

In this project students design a STEAM activity that could then be done with younger students.

Students will learn about the growth and development of sunflowers and other plants.

Check out these sites to find ideas for using movies to engage kids with STEM from DailyStem.com

You will find everything you need here to use STEM challenges to introduce and teach your students 21st Century Skills.

Before each activity look at the "What Skills Do I Need?" attachment and discuss what needs to be done. Then show them the specific challenge - plan and do it! After have the kids complete the related reflection. All files below.

Before every challenge - What Skills Do I Need?
Challenge 1 & Self-Management Reflection
Challenge 2 & Effective Participation Reflection (also includes self-management)
Challenge 3 & Creativity Reflection (includes both skills above as well)
Challenge 4 & Enquiry Reflection (includes other 3 skills above as well)
Challenge 5 & Reflection Reflection (includes other 4 skills above)
Challenge 6 & Team Work Reflection (includes all other skills)
21st Century Skills reflection includes all skills
All documents are word files (except one) so you can edit them - if you have a problem with fonts etc, let me know and I can send you the pdf versions. Melissa.Lander@sunwestsd.ca

This handbook includes the following projects: Marshmallow Structure Challenge, Magniformers Activity, Cup Stacking Activity, Bridge Building, Tin Foil Boat Challenge, Ferris Wheel Challenge. 

Summary - Derek Doll Technology Integration - Space Station Project
Grade Six Science Space Unit- This is a Powerpoint that shows the Space Station building process and explains the steps for making a Powerpoint to share on the Ipads.

Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. It's used by teachers, kids, hobbyists, and designers to imagine, design, and make anything!

Canadian Kindergarten through Grade 12 Educators – Investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your class. Tomatosphere™ is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.

Teach your students how to make plastic out of milk in this hands-on lesson plan! You will conduct a simple milk-transforming experiment to explore how plastics can be derived from a natural resource such as milk. Students will perform their own experiments and can even create a product from their resulting organic casein polymer.
This resource states that it is appropriate for grade 6-8 however I am going to use it with the grade 5 Properties of Matter unit.

"Reflect on wildlife and nature by going on a coding adventure! Students will follow a step-by-step Python tutorial in the Text Code Editor where they will create a project that draws different animals. They are provided code to get started, but are encouraged to add or change the code to make it their own. By the end of this lesson, students will have combined creativity with problem-solving skills while reinforcing coding concepts and Python syntax."

Length - 40 mins
Languages - Python; Block version available in the bottom right corner (easier)
Experience - Advanced - Block version is easier.

NFTE Venture – Entrepreneurial Expedition™ is designed to teach students to think entrepreneurially about business and life.

Using case studies, interactive business simulations and personal development activities, this course teaches important basic business skills.

Students develop a personalized plan for their individual business, including finance, marketing, team-building and market research, along with a roadmap for academic and career success.

This Course Covers:
Budgeting and Building Startup Capital
Generating Business Ideas
Market Research
Growing a Business
Finances: The Cost of Doing Business
Marketing: Promoting your Business
Creating your Business Pitch

"Aperçu: Les chenilles sont si simples dans leur mouvement, ce qui en fait un défi amusant de construire et d'animer leur déplacement. La chenille déplace son poids pendant son "pincement/pliage" pour pousser l'avant et tirer l'arrière.

COMPÉTENCES + OBJECTIFS
Construction
-Construire le projet en suivant les instructions d'assemblage
Menuiserie
-Principes de base de la menuiserie et quincaillerie
Animation
-Apprendre à animer un cycle de mouvement pour créer un mouvement continu.
& Plus !

** Des kits sont disponibles à l'achat sur makestuffmove.com **"

Here is a list of 30 virtual field trips that students could enjoy, including:
San Diego Zoo - The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games.
Yellowstone National Park - including Mud Volcano, Mammoth Hot Springs, and so much more
MARS!!! - Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. They are updating from WEBVR to WEBXR now, but 360 Mode offers a digital view!
Animal Cameras - Live Cams at the San Diego Zoo
Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams
Panda Cam at Zoo Atlanta
6 Animal Cams at Houston Zoo
Georgia Aquarium has Jellyfish, Beluga Whales, and more
Virtual Farm Tour - This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs
U.S. Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville, AL - See the Saturn 5 Rocket on YouTube and more on this tour thanks to a real father/son outing
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips - A few of the field trip topics include:
Polar Bears and the Tundra
Social Emotional Skills
STEM
manufacturing
The Louvre - Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip
The Great Wall of China - This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life
Boston Children’s Museum - Walk through the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to Google Maps! This virtual tour allows kids to explore 3 floors of fun.

Students will explore humans’ demands on the world’s water supply and discuss ways to conserve it.