STEM Projects for Remote Learners
Leap Academy University Charter School Title I STEM Event
STEM Projects K-8 LEAP students can complete at home with their families for extra credit!
Prizes Awarded!
The Vernon and Shirley Hill FabLab
The world is changing fast, and our students at LEAP are prepared for future careers in STEM. While we may not know now what those careers will look like, embedding STEM into the curriculum fosters a lifelong love of learning that will enable students to acquire the skills needed to succeed. At LEAP students are the innovators of design in the Vernon and Shirley Hill FabLab through a generous donation from their benefactors.
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Choose your own project
2. Step 2: Find 1 or more of these object in your house.
3. Step 3: SPIN the wheel
4. Create the project that the wheel suggests!
5. Record yourself on FLIP GRID for a class extra credit grade.
Directions for the STEM Project to complete at home
Show us your STEM Project
2. Record yourself describing the items you used to create your project
3. Explain how you made your project
4. Post your video
5. Your teacher will give you extra credit.
All student FLIP GRID videos will be reviewed by a district educator before being released.
Ms. Pilla explains how to use FLIP GRID below.
NGSS Alignment
This lesson helps students prepare for these Next Generation Science Standards Performance Expectations:
- MS-PS1-2. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
- MS-PS1-3. Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Materials
Turn Plastic into Milk
Materials needed for the experiment
Look, it's curd!
Materials per student:
- Work surface that is safe to get damp
- Prepared hot milk (1 cup)
- Styrofoam® or other heat-resistant cup
- White or distilled vinegar (4 tsp.)
- Paper towels (6)
- Spoon (1)
- Optional: food coloring, glitter, or markers
FLIP GRID
Everyday STEM: Simple strategies for teachers
Check out the NJ STEM Pathways Network. There is even an example of a STEM model curriculum
The We Are Teacher blog shares these lesson ideas.
- This stuffed animal STEM lesson incorporates reading
- These elementary physics lessons (yes, seriously!) get kids moving
- These read aloud picture books cover STEM topics
- These hands-on activities include cooking!
Leap Academy University Charter School TITLE I Family Stem Event
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Supervisor of Instruction
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