Curriculum Outline for Mrs. Athearn’s STEM Pathways Class
2015-2016
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Trimester 1: Grades 3/4 and 4
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Trimester 2: Grades 3 and 5
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Engineering Design Process (Gr. 3 and Gr. 5)
Aerospace Engineering (Gr. 5)
Rockets and Rovers: Design a rocket with paper materials using the EDP
Design and plan a paper rover with criteria and constraints for sending it to a planet or moon using the EDP
Learn TinkerCad: Design a rocket with TinkerCad: 3D modeling (print some in 3D printer)
Extension activities to include: Designing a rover that can move using Lego Robotics and/or LittleBits; exploring life on the International Space Station
Code Studio: Introductory Coding (Gr. 5)
Aeronautical Engineering ( Gr. 3)
Design a Flying Technology using the EDP
Improve a Flying Technology using the EDP
Let’s Learn TinkerCad: A web-based 3D modeling tool
Create a 3D model of your Flying Technology in TinkerCad (print some in 3D printer)
We-Do Lego Robotics (Gr. 3)
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Trimester 3: Grades 3, 3/4 and 4
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Environmental/Green Engineering: Recycled Racers! (Gr. 3, 3/4 , 4)
Experiment with two-wheeled systems and see how other wheel materials roll.
How can we use recycled materials as parts of toy cars?
Create a racer track
Create a recycled racer using the EDP
Improve a recycled racer using the EDP
Code Studio: Introductory coding (Gr. 4 and some 3rds from blended classes)
We-Do Lego Robotics (Gr. 3)
Possible Extension activities (Gr. 3, 3/4 , 4): researching environmental problems in our local area and using Design Thinking to come up with solutions (still in development); researching how to green our school even more (still in development)
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*** Note: This outline is still under development and subject to change
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