A group of National Honor Society students from Lake Orion High School helped this year at our annual STEAM Recycled Fashion Event. The event happened after school from 3:30-6:30. All the participants had a fabulous time.
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This week we moved from part one of our project to part two. In this task, the students research simple ways to mechanically move a figure, using links found here. Now they are creating the crank mechanism to manually move a figure. We are using paper plates, paper clips, pliers, scissors and tape for this part of the project. So far, everyone has a working crank. The students are very excited they have moving parts! Next time we will create a moving character.
The fourth graders created cardboard figures using the Engineering Design Process. They researched using links provided here and then using only a paper plate, pencil and scissors, created a figure that could stand. Then they looked at how they could improve their figure and created a new one that worked even better. First and Second grade students worked through a variety of holiday themed STEM challenges. They built steps for Santa's elves to climb into his sleigh. They created a "telescope" to help Santa see far. They created stockings for Santa to fill as well as several other tasks using problem solving, engineering and a variety of hands-on practice. The middle school students created maker proposals this month. They researched and submitted their idea on what they wanted to work on. Students choose wood burning projects, 3D Pen projects, stop motion projects, sewing projects and soldering sculpture projects. As they have finished they have been assisting classmates or choosing new activities. They love the freedom and choices and I love the creativity and skill building. Third and fourth grades each got to create three dimensional trees using the maker space this week. They were able to choose any materials and create. They had to think about the geometric shape of the tree and how to make their tree a similar shape. They had fun creating but really enjoyed the process. |
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