Mrs. Sweet's STEM Lab: HEART TO HEART! A Special VALENTINE'S LAB

Goodpasture STEM Lab students enjoyed a Valentine's holiday lab centered around the theme of hearts!

Lots of math concepts were covered in this lab, such as estimation and symmetry! Students had fun estimating the number of Valentine's candy corn in a clear container. We talked about reasonable and unreasonable estimates! Mrs. Keith's class "won" the candy corn for awesome behavior for my substitute, while I was in Chicago! The classes also learned about symmetry, with a hands-on activity making Valentine's hearts!

Students used a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the human heart and a candy heart. They did a great job with some really "deep" thinking with this activity! For example, both hearts can be "sweet"! The candy heart is "sweet"with sugar, and the human heart can be "sweet" with kindness! Of course, we had some great expected "contrasts," involving blood, arteries and chocolate!

Older students enjoyed a prediction activity involving conversation hearts! Students had fun stacking candy towers, all while learning concepts centered around making predictions, drawing conclusions, changing variables, and collecting data.

All students enjoyed a circulatory system review with a spirited games of SWEET Heart Bingo! As a lab reinforcement, all students received a yummy heart marshmallow and cool heart eraser! It was a great day of learning and fun!