This week, the students are completing their recycled racers, and the races will begin next week! The students will compete to find the fastest racer, and the racer that will travel the farthest distance. It is going to be an exciting week! As Green Engineers, the next step will be for the students to identify different types of alternative energy to power their recycled racers. Each class will research different possibilities of renewable, and nonrenewable resources. Finally, in teams, the students will write persuasive essays, and create a digital presentation of their findings. The students will use the ShowMe app on the new iPad minis. It is a wonderful presentation app that will allow students to use images from the internet, pictures, and narration to present their ideas.
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The fifth and sixth grade students have been working very hard on their recycled racers for the last few weeks. The STEM Lab has transformed into a workshop with students working feverishly on their racers! The students are working through the engineering design process, and are in many different stages. Improvements are constantly being made as the students problem solve to create their "perfect" racer!
ASU student's Ashley Yost and Curtis Bryant visited the STEM Lab last week. Both students are part of the EcoCAR 3 outreach program. The EcoCAR 3 team is participating in an advanced vehicle technology competition. Ashley and Bryant delivered a wonderful presentation to the students explaining the competition, and the process the team is going through. They led a wonderful discussion that began with alternative fuels, a perfect introduction to a topic we will be researching as part of our recycled racers project.
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AuthorMrs. Houseman-STEM Specialist Archives
May 2015
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