Clark House STEAM Blog: April 2019

Thursday, April 4, 2019

PRESCHOOL-1st GRADE SPRING STEAM HIGHLIGHTS

PreSchool STEAM students love to take on a fairy tale STEAM style. Fairy Tales lend themselves nicely to our integrated STEAM curriculum. There is always a problem which leads to engineering, problem-solving, math, art, science, and technology.

PreSchool

Students have been learning what seeds need and how they grow. Below, the students are pretending to be "seeds" and waiting in the soil to be watered.

We built a HUGE beanstalk together.

PreK

Students have been studying DINOSAURS

(watch the video below)

Click HERE to get a glimpse into our dinosaur study!

Kindergarten

Kindergarteners learned about construction and architecture via The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. They also learned about building deconstruction with a wrecking ball.

Kindergarteners are currently bringing the book BIRDS by Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek to LIFE!

Avery brought in a real nest to share with us.

We built a bluebird house for our Gala Auction item.

Kindergarteners mixed paint to make the perfect shade of blue and painted the backdrop for our upcoming

SPHERO painting adventure.

Our first experience coding with a SPHERO, not bad for one class together! Click below to see us in action.

Click Here to Watch Kinders in Action

Congratulations to 1st grade, 4th Grade and 8th Graders on winning the STEM prize in the 2018-2019 Carton2Garden contest!

Click here to see our submission video!

Carton2Garden winners

First graders are currently studying sound and light.

Students were able to visualize vibration with a Tone Generator, salt, and rice.
Using a Sound Chamber, students learned about different properties of sound.
First graders used tuning forks to experiment with sound and vibration.
Using homemade xylophones, students experiment with tone and volume.
Did you know that spoons, string and wire hangers make magical bell sounds?