This year,
Goodpasture students, in grades Pre-1st through 6th grade, will participate in
our new S.T.E.M. Lab weekly. Our S.T.E.M. Lab offers a full range of
rigorous educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.
Purpose of STEM:
· Students will gain and develop skills
for social, political and economic participation in the diverse, independent,
and changing world, in which we live.
· Labs support problem based learning and
the scientific method, (inquiry, hypothesis, experimentation, investigation,
research and analysis).
· Labs are designed in an open atmosphere
that encourages scientific discovery, communications, and collaboration in team
settings.
· Our S.T.E.M Lab is designed to support
creativity and exploration to help students approach new and perplexing
problems with positive energy, uniqueness and originality of thought.
· With facilitation of applied learning
activities, our students experience what it’s like to be scientists,
technologists, engineers, research analysts, and mathematicians.
Labs will
be tailored for each grade level. Labs
topics to be covered include senses/body systems; animal and plant cell
structures; plant life cycles; animal behavior; earth science; physical
science; simple machines; oceanography; data collection; aeroponics (Tower
Garden); electricity; virtual field trips via iPads; liquid measurement;
weather.
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