Our first graders here at Brown Elementary know the phone changes every year.  We read about the Lonely Phone Booth, talked about the latest phones, and then they created a new flip phone.

Brown STEM Class Supplies Needed

 

STEM class is looking for some items to help as we move into “Makers Month”.  If you are willing to donate or have any extra items listed below to donate, the students would appreciate it!

 

Empty paper towel rolls

Empty toilet paper rolls

Empty Cereal Boxes

Index Cards

Dice

Baggies

Paperclips

Brass brads

Clothespins

Masking tape

Pipe cleaners

Aluminum Foil

Straws

Cotton Balls

Q-tips

Duct Tape

Paper or plastic cups

String

Wooden Craft Sticks

 

Anything else you think the kids could use to create

 

Thank you so much!

Mrs. Newenhouse

snewenhouse@bcpsk12.net

 

Students figure out how big their heart is by comparing the size of their fist.  They learn how to find their heart rate, and experiment with running in place or jumping to make the rate increase.  With the help from Mystery Science, they see how their heart pumps blood through the body, and how strong it is by squeezing a crumpled up paper every time their heart beats for a minute.

The students know they are discovering ENGINEERING while working together in our STEM stations, but this week we focus on how each station is also SCIENCE, figuring out how it works, TECHNOLOGY, how it makes it easier to build, and MATH, how we can see shapes, patterns, and put it all together…

STEM

With our coding program, kodable.com, we learn what it is we are doing while we code.

SEQUENCE

CONDITION

LOOPS

FUNCTIONS

PROPERTIES

CLASSES

VARIABLES