Stem Challenges
August 28 - September 1

Social Studies

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Literacy

In literacy students will be attending astronaut training by walking through a training course with moon shoes.  Additionally, they will go to the pavilion for a spaceship simulation. During the simulation, students will practice counting syllables and learn how to write a haiku.  Students will create their own haiku and share it with their group in order to receive their astronaut certification.

Math
Our challenge will use unifex cubes to teach the students how to estimate and then accurately measure length and height. Students will begin by estimating common items such as feet and their height. They will then use the unifex cubes to get an exact measurement.  Students will progress to more abstract estimation such as how tall the ceiling is, or how big a house is.

Science
Students will use models of the sun, earth, and moon to mimic the phases of the moon. We’ll talk about the moon’s tidally locked elliptical orbit around earth and how that results in the near and far sides of the moon as well as the phenomenon of super moons.

State standard: Students will understand that the appearance of the moon changes in a predictable cycle as it orbits Earth and as Earth rotates on its axis.


Art
Students will be meeting George Rodrigue and his famous Blue Dog.  They will look closely at all the color that George uses. Are the colors bright, faded, transparent?  They will brainstorm all of the interesting places that they would like to take their pet!  Students will get to create any animal they choose and put that animal in any crazy place or situation they can think of.  Maybe a cat riding a bicycle, or perhaps a pet turtle visiting Lagoon!  They will sketch out their ideas and then use markers to add the color.


Technology

Snap Circuit certification continues. We are offering three levels of certification in Snap Circuits this block. Students begin with the Standard Certification , where they will be guided through lessons 1 - 100 with the Station Master. This is a week long challenge which students sign up for and attend daily. Once a student has completed the standard certification and are competent in using Snap Circuits, they are qualified to work independently to continue learning. There are two additional levels of certification available - Expert Certification (completing lessons 101 - 200) and Master Certification (completing lessons 201 - 300)

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