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We are having so much fun in the STEAM Lab at school, so let’s continue the fun at home! For each challenge, your job as a family is to find an innovative way to make an everyday object brand new. Once you have created your object, email a picture of it (with your family in the photo) to [email protected]. All pictures will be posted (without names) on the website oceesteamlab.weebly.com and a sampling of pictures will be posted (without names) on a bulletin board in school (please do not bring the object to school). Participation in the STEAM Home Challenge is optional, but encouraged. You may participate once, twice, or every time! This Challenge is for families of all students in grades PK-5.
Directions: Create something (anything) using any size or brand of the Challenge item .
Goal: The project should be designed to perform a specific function or task, and actually work.
The project should be well constructed.
Constraints: The item listed for the Challenge should be the focal point of the project. You may use any additional materials.
The only rule is to BE CREATIVE! (You may not spend any money.)
Challenge due dates are:
Aug 26: an unsharpened pencil
Sept 9: a cardboard paper towel roll
Sept 23: a can of playdough (you may use the can, the playdough, or both)
Oct 7: an old book
Oct 21: an empty plastic bag
Nov 4: some buttons
Nov 18: a straw
Dec 9: some post-it notes
Jan 20: a paper plate
Feb 3: a cardboard box
Feb 24: some cotton balls
March 10: some paperclips
March 24: a ruler
April 21: some marker caps
May 5: an inflated balloon
May 19: empty plastic water bottle
S.T.E.A.M. is an inquiry-based teaching approach that integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics.
It specifically reinforces the four 21st Century Skills: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication.
We are having so much fun in the STEAM Lab at school, so let’s continue the fun at home! For each challenge, your job as a family is to find an innovative way to make an everyday object brand new. Once you have created your object, email a picture of it (with your family in the photo) to [email protected]. All pictures will be posted (without names) on the website oceesteamlab.weebly.com and a sampling of pictures will be posted (without names) on a bulletin board in school (please do not bring the object to school). Participation in the STEAM Home Challenge is optional, but encouraged. You may participate once, twice, or every time! This Challenge is for families of all students in grades PK-5.
Directions: Create something (anything) using any size or brand of the Challenge item .
Goal: The project should be designed to perform a specific function or task, and actually work.
The project should be well constructed.
Constraints: The item listed for the Challenge should be the focal point of the project. You may use any additional materials.
The only rule is to BE CREATIVE! (You may not spend any money.)
Challenge due dates are:
Aug 26: an unsharpened pencil
Sept 9: a cardboard paper towel roll
Sept 23: a can of playdough (you may use the can, the playdough, or both)
Oct 7: an old book
Oct 21: an empty plastic bag
Nov 4: some buttons
Nov 18: a straw
Dec 9: some post-it notes
Jan 20: a paper plate
Feb 3: a cardboard box
Feb 24: some cotton balls
March 10: some paperclips
March 24: a ruler
April 21: some marker caps
May 5: an inflated balloon
May 19: empty plastic water bottle
S.T.E.A.M. is an inquiry-based teaching approach that integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics.
It specifically reinforces the four 21st Century Skills: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication.