Thursday, April 11, 2019

STEAM projects in Kindergarten

Spring has sprung in Kindergarten at Fuller Meadow School.  Students in Mrs. Halligan's and Mrs. Newton's classes were given these challenges:


Your peep needs to be kept safe from predators on the ground.  Construct a nest that will hold a peep. The nest must be at least 10 snap cubes high and placed over the open end of a cup.



Build a bird nest to fit 2 eggs and balance the nest in a tree.

Teachers followed these guidelines to engage their students in this STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) project. 





What materials will you use to build your project?  
Small plastic cups, large plastic cups, half pipe cleaners, large toothpicks, unifix / linking  cubes. Nest building project: popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, aluminum foil, straws, index card, clay.



Plan and draw a picture of your project design.

Create your project.



Mrs. Newton's Class
Mrs. Halligan's Class

Test    - Place your nest on top of the cup.  Set your peeps in the nest. Can you make it higher?

Test    - Place your eggs in the nest.  Put the nest on a cup (tree). Do the eggs stay secure in the nest?


Draw your final project design below:


                               

Reflect:

How many cubes high is my nest?  ____________ cubes
How many peeps fit in my nest?      ____________ peeps
Which part of my nest design worked well and why?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Which parts of my design did not work well and why?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion  questions:  What   is the   purpose of   a nest? How  is your nest  design similar to   a real bird nest? What   challenges did you face that   real birds might face when building   a nest? If you could design the ideal   bird nest, what would it look like and how   would it be useful to birds ? What other types   of animals build nests and how are they different   from bird nests?



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