The fifth and sixth grade students are preparing for an upcoming project. They will be designing and engineering recycled racers. Green engineers think about how to solve problems in a way that prevents harm to the environment. The students will be creating their own "Scrap Market" to collect items that may otherwise be discarded to create their racers. If you are able to send in any of the items to our "Scrap Market", we would greatly appreciate it! You may send in the materials at your convenience. Thank you!
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The students conducted experiments this week to determine which materials would be best to use in their hand pollinators. We discussed the importance of following the same procedures as the experiment is conducted to find the same results. Students moved pollen from the stamen of their "flowers" to the "pistil". The objective was to identify which materials would best pick up and drop off the most pollen.
What materials, and what properties would be best when making a hand pollinator? That is what the students were determining this week. They were given five materials, and asked to list the properties of each of the materials. Finally, each group discussed the benefits of the materials, and if they think they would be helpful in creating their hand pollinator.
This week, we finished the story "Mariana Becomes a Butterfly". The students found out that Mariana did not become a butterfly, but she created a hand pollinator to pollinate her plant like a butterfly. The students enjoyed the engineering process Mariana and her aunt worked through, and are looking forward to creating their own hand pollinators. To better understand the engineering design process, the students discussed the steps of the process, and worked in teams to identify each step Mariana experienced in the story.
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AuthorMrs. Houseman-STEM Specialist Archives
May 2017
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