STEAM Lab 21-22 Week 1

 A stellar start to the new school year!

I was delighted to welcome: Ms. Colmenero, Ms. Maldonado, Ms. James, Ms. Martin, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Purvey's classes - the first classes in the lab since 3/12/2020!

This year's theme in STEAM Lab is GROW

and our first rotation is focused on investigating and exploring attributes of the sun. We made sun prints, a shadow clock, and 4th and 5th created mini planetariums. Of course we worked in Code.org (K-5), pushed our creative coding with the new Getting Unstuck curriculum for Scratch (3-5), and had a blast on Free Build Friday with blocks, LEGO Bricks, or art.

Kinder Green Heroes, 1st Monarch Heroes, and 4th grade Hero Helpers were introduced to their Eco-School Green Jobs, but it was just too scorching for 5th grade Monarch Mentors and 3rd grade Water Wardens to be out for theirs unfortunately.

Galapagos GeoInquiry Fund For Teachers Fellowship

 Track our progress!

Detailed posts will appear on: The Tortoise and the Finch as wifi is available.

G/T students in 3rd and 4th grade researched the Galapagos and recommended locations and species that were "must see", justifying their choices by answering the Nat Geo Education GeoInquiry guiding questions. Mr. Quentin from Sinclair Elementary and I built our itinerary based on these recommendations as far as possible. 

Their second step was researching the locations we had booked and drafting interview questions for the naturalists, biologists, conservation staff, and museum guides we would encounter on our expedition.

Looking Ahead

 Thanks for all your hard work, creativity, problem solving and planet protecting wonderfulness Panthers! Enjoy your summer, and I will see you in August!

STEAM Lab week 36