This includes a basic list of five vocabulary words to go along with our 10 week STEAM curriculum. Students should be able to learn and understand the basic concept of each as they complete each project. Chain Reaction Mystery Part 1 Gravity – Force caused when the mass of physical …
ASI Literacy / S.T.E.M. Program Fall 2019 Chain Reaction Mystery: Part 1: Goals and Objectives: The goal of this experiment is to get students more involved and interested in science. this experiment revolves around energy which is very important in the fields of physics, chemistry and engineering. We also aim …
Our students at Southwark have been asking to make slime since day 1. We decided it would be a fun experiment to do since it is near the end of our semester, and many of our students have never had the opportunity to make it. We did a lot of …
A really interesting reaction occurs when you add water colors to salt. This week at southwark, we experimented with this and how to mix colors using this method. For this project you need construction paper, liquid glue, salt, paintbrush or straws, watercolors or water mixed with food dye. Each student …
Baking soda and vinegar cause a well known reaction, often used for volcanoes or explosive bottles. However, we experimented with these two ingredients a little bit differently at Southwark this week. We also wanted to have our students practice blending colors and creating gradients using the color wheel. To …
Our middle schoolers at Penn Treaty tackled leaf imprinting this week. Several of our classes have done this project this season, but it was their first time trying this out. This is a really interesting project that is able to combine art and biology and turn it into something fun. …
At Towey this week, the students created their own puppets from brown paper bags and various materials. This gave them a chance to let their creativity run wild. Puppets are a fun project because not only can students create them in so many ways, but they are also able to …
Our project this week at Southwark followed the theme of Halloween. We acknowledge that some kids do not celebrate this day, so we just emphasized creativity as the key to making this activity as fun as possible. Brown paper bags have a huge amount of possibilities when it comes to …
