This week's topic is: Astronomy Current Events
This week's question is: What annual meteor shower peaked last week firing up the night sky with dust from Halley's Comet?
Check out these research tools from our Learning Commons to find your answer:
https://sites.google.com/a/scarboroughschools.org/wentworth/learning-commons/online-resources
https://kiddle.co
-Mrs. A
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
STEM Question of the Week: Week 2
Hi friends!
It has been such a busy week in the STEM classroom. Between curriculum planning and having two sick children at home, I completely forgot to post the STEM Question of the Week here on my blog! My sincerest apologies!
The STEM Question of the Week was posted Monday on students' Google Classrooms, so remember you can always find it there too!
Here you go!
Q: In computer science, what does CPU stand for?
Here are some resources to research the question:
https://sites.google.com/a/scarboroughschools.org/wentworth/learning-commons/online-resources
http://kiddle.co/
-Mrs. Athearn
It has been such a busy week in the STEM classroom. Between curriculum planning and having two sick children at home, I completely forgot to post the STEM Question of the Week here on my blog! My sincerest apologies!
The STEM Question of the Week was posted Monday on students' Google Classrooms, so remember you can always find it there too!
Here you go!
Q: In computer science, what does CPU stand for?
Here are some resources to research the question:
https://sites.google.com/a/scarboroughschools.org/wentworth/learning-commons/online-resources
http://kiddle.co/
-Mrs. Athearn
Sunday, October 16, 2016
STEM Class updates 10/17-10/21, 2016
Hi students, teachers, and families,
After attending the ACTEM (the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine) conference last Friday, I am feeling energized and excited to share new technology resources with my students and colleagues of Wentworth. I was especially excited to attend a learning session on cad design and 3D printing. I learned that the 3D design tools we are using here at Wentworth are the optimal programs for student 3D design and printing. I also gained new insights into how we can utilize this amazing technology for student learning---more info to come in the future!
Grade level updates:
Third and Fourth
This week I will be trying out a new interactive lesson tool called Peardeck with third and fourth graders as they are introduced into the field of Earthquake Engineering. Students will also explore use of a special tool that earthquake engineers use called a shake table.
Fifth
This week, fifth graders will begin a lesson in Project Ignite (our cad learning portal) called "Let's Learn Tinkercad". Students will be able to practice their 3D design skills in Tinkercad by learning how to: navigate shapes on x,y,z axes, use shape menus, and scale, rotate, group, and manipulate shapes.
Stay tuned for Monday's STEM Question of the Week.
-Mrs. Athearn
After attending the ACTEM (the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine) conference last Friday, I am feeling energized and excited to share new technology resources with my students and colleagues of Wentworth. I was especially excited to attend a learning session on cad design and 3D printing. I learned that the 3D design tools we are using here at Wentworth are the optimal programs for student 3D design and printing. I also gained new insights into how we can utilize this amazing technology for student learning---more info to come in the future!
Grade level updates:
Third and Fourth
This week I will be trying out a new interactive lesson tool called Peardeck with third and fourth graders as they are introduced into the field of Earthquake Engineering. Students will also explore use of a special tool that earthquake engineers use called a shake table.
Fifth
This week, fifth graders will begin a lesson in Project Ignite (our cad learning portal) called "Let's Learn Tinkercad". Students will be able to practice their 3D design skills in Tinkercad by learning how to: navigate shapes on x,y,z axes, use shape menus, and scale, rotate, group, and manipulate shapes.
Stay tuned for Monday's STEM Question of the Week.
-Mrs. Athearn
Monday, October 10, 2016
STEM Question of the Week
Participation is completely optional. Research the answers with your family or during STEM class if you finish your work early. Post your answer to the STEM Question of the Week in the comments of this blog post, on your child's Google Classroom, or bring a written answer to Mrs. Athearn in B101--Green STEM lab
Answers will be accepted until 2:45 on Friday. Winner will receive a certificate and pencil from Mrs. Athearn.
This week's topic is: Women in Computer Science
This week's question is: What is Ada Lovelace best known for?
Check out these research tools from our Learning Commons to find your answer:
https://sites.google.com/a/scarboroughschools.org/wentworth/learning-commons/online-resources
-Mrs. Athearn
Answers will be accepted until 2:45 on Friday. Winner will receive a certificate and pencil from Mrs. Athearn.
This week's topic is: Women in Computer Science
This week's question is: What is Ada Lovelace best known for?
Check out these research tools from our Learning Commons to find your answer:
https://sites.google.com/a/scarboroughschools.org/wentworth/learning-commons/online-resources
-Mrs. Athearn
STEM Class Updates for Oct.10-Oct.14
Hi students, teachers, and families,
3rd, 4th, and 5th graders did a great job last week setting up their Digital STEM Notebooks in Google Slides. Digital STEM Notebooks will be how students record and represent what they learn in STEM class this year. The notebook is digital so students can receive feedback and comments from me, share and collaborate on entries with classmates, and have a completely paperless, polished portfolio of STEM learning by the end of the year.
3rd and 4th graders will use their digital notebooks this week as they investigate what makes something a technology.
5th graders will be working on setting up their Project Ignite accounts this week, Project Ignite is a student and teacher portal for Tinkercad---the 3D modeling program that we use to create designs and prototypes in our CubePro 3D printers. 5th graders will be learning the ins and outs of 3D designing in Tinkercad for the next several weeks. Students will use their skills for a special design project for our school garden---more on that in the future!
Check out Project Ignite here: https://projectignite.autodesk.com/
-Mrs. Athearn
3rd, 4th, and 5th graders did a great job last week setting up their Digital STEM Notebooks in Google Slides. Digital STEM Notebooks will be how students record and represent what they learn in STEM class this year. The notebook is digital so students can receive feedback and comments from me, share and collaborate on entries with classmates, and have a completely paperless, polished portfolio of STEM learning by the end of the year.
3rd and 4th graders will use their digital notebooks this week as they investigate what makes something a technology.
5th graders will be working on setting up their Project Ignite accounts this week, Project Ignite is a student and teacher portal for Tinkercad---the 3D modeling program that we use to create designs and prototypes in our CubePro 3D printers. 5th graders will be learning the ins and outs of 3D designing in Tinkercad for the next several weeks. Students will use their skills for a special design project for our school garden---more on that in the future!
Check out Project Ignite here: https://projectignite.autodesk.com/
-Mrs. Athearn
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Welcome back to STEM Class!
Dear students, teachers and families,
What an exciting first few weeks we've had here in STEM class! We've been working on the following engineering learning goal for all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders:
I can use the Engineering Design Process (EDP) to create a technology that solves a problem with a specific set of criteria and constraints.
To meet this learning goal, Wentworth students have participated in two fun engineering challenges. We built model towers to save animals living along an alligator swamp, and we created catapults to use in a catapult painting project to solve Mrs. Athearn's problem of having blank and boring bulletin boards. The kids have also learned about potential and kinetic energy as they created, improved, and tested their catapults.
Check this blog often for weekly updates of the exciting things happening in STEM class this year! We'll be creating, tinkering, designing, engineering, and using lots of fun technologies.
Science Question of the Week
I will be posting a Science Question of the Week every week starting October 10, 2016. Questions will be posted on Monday on this blog, and students can research the answer in their choice time at school or at home with their families. Students can post their answer in the comments of the blog post, Google Classroom or bring a written answer to Mrs. Athearn in B101. Answers will be accepted up until 2:45 on Fridays and winners will be displayed on the Spinetix TVs the following week. Winners will be determined by having the first correct response delivered to Mrs. A. This is of course an optional and fun activity that kids can choose to participate in.
-Mrs. Athearn :)
What an exciting first few weeks we've had here in STEM class! We've been working on the following engineering learning goal for all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders:
I can use the Engineering Design Process (EDP) to create a technology that solves a problem with a specific set of criteria and constraints.
To meet this learning goal, Wentworth students have participated in two fun engineering challenges. We built model towers to save animals living along an alligator swamp, and we created catapults to use in a catapult painting project to solve Mrs. Athearn's problem of having blank and boring bulletin boards. The kids have also learned about potential and kinetic energy as they created, improved, and tested their catapults.
Check this blog often for weekly updates of the exciting things happening in STEM class this year! We'll be creating, tinkering, designing, engineering, and using lots of fun technologies.
Science Question of the Week
I will be posting a Science Question of the Week every week starting October 10, 2016. Questions will be posted on Monday on this blog, and students can research the answer in their choice time at school or at home with their families. Students can post their answer in the comments of the blog post, Google Classroom or bring a written answer to Mrs. Athearn in B101. Answers will be accepted up until 2:45 on Fridays and winners will be displayed on the Spinetix TVs the following week. Winners will be determined by having the first correct response delivered to Mrs. A. This is of course an optional and fun activity that kids can choose to participate in.
-Mrs. Athearn :)
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Green Engineering Projects Update!!
Hello friends!
The students of Wentworth have been very busy working on their green engineering projects in STEM class. I am really impressed with the different ways that students are choosing to use recycled materials to create inventions that will soon be "powered up" by our LittleBits electronics, if they have not added LittleBits already. I am equally impressed with the students' creativity using Tinkercad to create 3D logos with Earth Day messages. We will be wrapping up these projects in the next two weeks, and then we will be finishing out our year with some smaller LittleBits' projects including making bubble machines and art-bots.
Check out some photos and videos of the students' hard work below!
-Mrs. A
Little Drummer Invention powered up by LittleBits servo motors!
The students of Wentworth have been very busy working on their green engineering projects in STEM class. I am really impressed with the different ways that students are choosing to use recycled materials to create inventions that will soon be "powered up" by our LittleBits electronics, if they have not added LittleBits already. I am equally impressed with the students' creativity using Tinkercad to create 3D logos with Earth Day messages. We will be wrapping up these projects in the next two weeks, and then we will be finishing out our year with some smaller LittleBits' projects including making bubble machines and art-bots.
Check out some photos and videos of the students' hard work below!
-Mrs. A
Little Drummer Invention powered up by LittleBits servo motors!
Recycled Kitty Car!
Basketball Court!
Lego Car!
Recycled Creature Car!
Petite Recycled Car!
Wolf Invasive Species Logo Created in Tinkercad
Earth Day Message Logos Printing in 3D Printer!
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