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BST's 2018-2019 Ernest the Eagle Engineering Expositions:
Congratulations to our teaching staff for earning their STEAM certificates!
100% of our teaching staff earned their STEAMedu Certificates!
Now, we need your help to supply the materials and finished projects for each grade level to showcase student work.
This year at BST, we are going showcase the "Technology and Engineering" projects, which formed one out of the 10 parts required to earn each coveted STEAM.edu certificate.
Don’t worry- - you have plenty of time to collect supplies and build your project.
This year’s projects are not due until the first day we are back from winter break.
We will be using these items for our STEAM night stations January 10th.
Use Google to find examples of all the projects for your grade level/s below.
Please ask Ms. Mucci for examples or links if you get stuck.
Kindergarten:
Build and decorate one building for a STEAM town. Ask your child to think of what types of buildings people need and use in a town or city, and ask them who works in each building. (The building must be at least 12” tall but no taller than 24”. Must be at least 6” wide, but no wider than 12”) Buildings will be used to drive a DASH robot around our town to deliver a note to Dot. Use paper bags, cardboard boxes, construction paper, foam, or other materials to create your building, then use crayons markers or paint or other mediums to decorate your building. Get a video of you asking your child this question, “What type of community helper might work in your building and how do they help our community?”
Here’s a video example to help get your child started thinking about community helpers
Here’s a link to examples to help get your child started thinking about ideas to build a community helper’s building
Here’s a Link to an image Search for the type of STEAM Town we are building
First Grade:
Build string telephones and decorate them. Use cups, cans, fishing line, dental floss, thread, or experiment with other materials. Your child will need to test out a short string telephone and a really long one. Ask your child, “which worked better and why?”
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building your phones
2nd and 3rd Grades:
Build a type of Landform out of LEGOS, or Clay, or from other materials, and make a video of your child explaining their project.
(Landforms must be no taller tan 24” and no wider than 18” x 15”)
To meet the expectations for this project your video must include the following:
4 -Facts that contain all the necessary information as indicated below:
Hint: Complete the information below as a storyboard graphic organizer before you create your video.
Fact #1: -Landform name, name of each student, don't forget to announce the date.
Fact #2: -Construction materials, describe the materials used to create your landform.
Fact #3: -Interesting facts about your landform, list at least 2 interesting facts about your landform.
Fact #4: -Bibliography, tell the viewers the sources you used to discover interesting facts, and explain why you believe these were interesting facts.
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building your project
4th Grade:
Here’s a link to help you Make and decorate a Star Projector
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building other projects
5th Grade:
Make and decorate a VR Headset—There are many Examples and Project Ideas you may find with a Google search.
Here is a simple kit with everything included:
Google Cardboard VR Kit
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building a project from scratch
6th Grade:
Pick a country for your 6th Grade World History research project and make photo booth props of icons from that country
7th & 8th Grades:
Here are some ideas to use up plastic straws and let them remain useful for the next 200 years--
Make Plastic Straw Crafts for this years’ "Students Against Straws" Campaign
We will be making Biodegradable Straw Rockets on STEAM Night
100% of our teaching staff earned their STEAMedu Certificates!
Now, we need your help to supply the materials and finished projects for each grade level to showcase student work.
This year at BST, we are going showcase the "Technology and Engineering" projects, which formed one out of the 10 parts required to earn each coveted STEAM.edu certificate.
Don’t worry- - you have plenty of time to collect supplies and build your project.
This year’s projects are not due until the first day we are back from winter break.
We will be using these items for our STEAM night stations January 10th.
Use Google to find examples of all the projects for your grade level/s below.
Please ask Ms. Mucci for examples or links if you get stuck.
Kindergarten:
Build and decorate one building for a STEAM town. Ask your child to think of what types of buildings people need and use in a town or city, and ask them who works in each building. (The building must be at least 12” tall but no taller than 24”. Must be at least 6” wide, but no wider than 12”) Buildings will be used to drive a DASH robot around our town to deliver a note to Dot. Use paper bags, cardboard boxes, construction paper, foam, or other materials to create your building, then use crayons markers or paint or other mediums to decorate your building. Get a video of you asking your child this question, “What type of community helper might work in your building and how do they help our community?”
Here’s a video example to help get your child started thinking about community helpers
Here’s a link to examples to help get your child started thinking about ideas to build a community helper’s building
Here’s a Link to an image Search for the type of STEAM Town we are building
First Grade:
Build string telephones and decorate them. Use cups, cans, fishing line, dental floss, thread, or experiment with other materials. Your child will need to test out a short string telephone and a really long one. Ask your child, “which worked better and why?”
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building your phones
2nd and 3rd Grades:
Build a type of Landform out of LEGOS, or Clay, or from other materials, and make a video of your child explaining their project.
(Landforms must be no taller tan 24” and no wider than 18” x 15”)
To meet the expectations for this project your video must include the following:
4 -Facts that contain all the necessary information as indicated below:
Hint: Complete the information below as a storyboard graphic organizer before you create your video.
Fact #1: -Landform name, name of each student, don't forget to announce the date.
Fact #2: -Construction materials, describe the materials used to create your landform.
Fact #3: -Interesting facts about your landform, list at least 2 interesting facts about your landform.
Fact #4: -Bibliography, tell the viewers the sources you used to discover interesting facts, and explain why you believe these were interesting facts.
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building your project
4th Grade:
Here’s a link to help you Make and decorate a Star Projector
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building other projects
5th Grade:
Make and decorate a VR Headset—There are many Examples and Project Ideas you may find with a Google search.
Here is a simple kit with everything included:
Google Cardboard VR Kit
Here’s a link to help you find ideas for building a project from scratch
6th Grade:
Pick a country for your 6th Grade World History research project and make photo booth props of icons from that country
7th & 8th Grades:
Here are some ideas to use up plastic straws and let them remain useful for the next 200 years--
Make Plastic Straw Crafts for this years’ "Students Against Straws" Campaign
We will be making Biodegradable Straw Rockets on STEAM Night
Brief BattleBots Break for Shark WeeK:
Team Kraken will be back on BattleBots on Discovery Channel, Friday- August 3, 2018 at 8pm!
BotFans - There will be a Discovery Channel Shark Week Break July 20 and 27 on Discovery.
No premieres on July 20 or July 27. BattleBots will continue on Friday nights from August 3rd through the October 5th CHAMPIONSHIP match! Let the Bot Battles Begin!
Check out the posted schedule.
www.facebook.com/battlebots/photos/pb.186501336405.-2207520000.1530764601./10155442205721406/?type=3&theater
BotFans - There will be a Discovery Channel Shark Week Break July 20 and 27 on Discovery.
No premieres on July 20 or July 27. BattleBots will continue on Friday nights from August 3rd through the October 5th CHAMPIONSHIP match! Let the Bot Battles Begin!
Check out the posted schedule.
www.facebook.com/battlebots/photos/pb.186501336405.-2207520000.1530764601./10155442205721406/?type=3&theater
Team kraken-BattleBot visits BST:
Team Kraken's Graphic Designer -and former BST Eagle-
* Zoe Jane * created a font for our team!
Zoe Jane created an entire font out of her designs for Kraken using this awesome software called CALLIGRAPHR! I'll be using their software in class this year with my students! Check it out--you can create your own fonts too!!
Here is Zoe Jane with one of BST's favorite engineers, Max Bales from Team Mohawk!
Come meet Kraken Battlebot:
Meet a real TV BattleBot: Kraken! - in Titusvillehttps://www.facebook.com/events/169946036937509/