Students+at+Work

We were busy in the month of September!

website creations using wikispaces Here are some of the links to the website that 5th grade have created around the human brain. To view them, 5th grade students will have to sign into Wikispaces. Amygdolaonyourcomputer Occipital Vision BrainCerebrum BSeizures RicheyDreams AlzheimerIInfo

STEM projects - 2016-2017

2nd grade STEM challenges for the month of December



Check out what 5th grade excavated!

 5th grade Ramp designs for laws of motion

media type="file" key="161201-142400.wmv" width="300" height="300" __4th & 5th grade Newspaper towers__ - 5 sheets of news paper, tape, and 20 minutes to build. Students learned that the shapes used and forces that act on the structure determine how stable their structures will be.

one of our 4th grade teams just beat a 5th grade team for the tallest newspaper tower.

74in. Tall



5th grade newspaper towers



STEM projects - 2015-2016 Check out third grade compound machines with materials from around our classroom. media type="file" key="160516-150518.wmv" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="160610-132103.wmv" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="160610-132914.wmv" width="300" height="300" <span style="background-color: #e97228; color: #75121a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Here is an other great accomplishment made by some of our 4th grade students creating solar robots. Way to go guys!!! <span style="background-color: #e97228; color: #75121a; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">media type="file" key="160422-142427.wmv" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="160511-143846.wmv" width="300" height="300"

<span style="background-color: #ed9428; color: #8d0b31; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Finally getting to test the solar robots in the sun!!!!!!!!! media type="file" key="160520-135634.wmv" width="300" height="300"

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Here is an amazing accomplishment for one of the 5th grade students at

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Stony Creek. He worked for three months to complete his STEM challenge.

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">He had to make a working roller coaster using only KNEX pieces with no special

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">kit or directions.

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Hard work pays off!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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<span style="background-color: #f25f11; color: #7c1905; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Craft a raft challenge! <span style="background-color: #f25f11; color: #7c1905; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Can you guess which raft sunk and which could float? <span style="background-color: #f25f11; color: #7c1905; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Marble maze challenge!

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<span style="background-color: #e26626; color: #932b0f; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Egg Tower challenge!

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<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">3rd grade machines

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<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">4th grade robotics

Home made robot from extra motor, circuit board, battery pack, markers, cup, and tape media type="file" key="IMG_1356.MOV" width="391" height="368"



<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> 3rd grade comound machines

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<span style="background-color: #ef7911; color: #b22615; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Introduction to origami

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1st and 2nd grade windmill projects: They are learning about clean energy. <span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1st and 2nd grade catapults for the laws of motion unit <span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How do the laws of motion apply to this activity? <span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">media type="file" key="Movie on 2014-11-20 at 11.02.mov" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="Movie on 2014-11-20 at 11.04.mov" width="300" height="300"

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Here are some 4th grade sonstruction projects. Students had to build stable structures using given materials and construct bridges using only books, paper, paperclips and rulers to see how much weight could be held on top.

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1st - 3rd grade tower construction

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<span style="background-color: #ff6f00; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">4th and 5th grade Egg Tower construction challenge

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2013-2014 School Year Project <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1st grade Projects <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Check out these circuits made by one of our first graders. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">media type="file" key="Movie 1.mov" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="Movie 2.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Check out a first grade invention created by using S C A M P E R. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This invention is called the Crencil. It combines a pencil and crayon and large eraser.



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">4th grade projects <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Check out some 3D structures that the students built after learning about important shapes in architecture and how to strengthen a structure. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> //__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Flight - testing paper airplanes (Which ones will go the farthest? __// //__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">[|Check out the paper airplane site for how to construct them] __//

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">2012-2013 School year Projects

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">K, 1st, and 2nd grades having fun with electricity!

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">media type="file" key="IMG_1565[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">3rd grade Home Made Rube Goldberg Machines <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Check out the video the students saw in class to discuss the laws of motion and how they apply to their compound machines. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|The laws of motion] <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">media type="file" key="IMG_1577[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="IMG_1610[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">media type="file" key="IMG_1575[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">media type="file" key="IMG_1615[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">media type="file" key="IMG_1563[1].MOV" width="300" height="300"

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">4th grade Robots are up and running! <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Here is a link to help you understand how our sound tracker robots work. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">[|How robots work] <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">media type="file" key="robot mazes.avi" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">media type="file" key="IMG_1600[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="IMG_1608[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">media type="file" key="Movie 4.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 31px;">3rd grade learning about simple and compound machines media type="file" key="IMG_1467[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">media type="file" key="IMG_1446.MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="IMG_1406[1].MOV" width="300" height="300" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">3rd grade is reading Romeo and Juliet <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Floor plan design and experiments are happening in 3rd and 4th grades!!!! <span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">5th grade Ancient Egyptian dig - Take a look at some of the artifacts we discovered. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">2nd grade art work - Students combined two pieces of art work from two different artists <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">4th grade - Architecture: Bridge Construction <span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="background-color: #ff7000; color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">2011-2012 School Year Projects

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3rd grade Rube Goldberg Creations media type="file" key="Movie 10.mov" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="Movie 2.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="file" key="Movie 5.mov" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="Movie 7.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="file" key="Movie 13.mov" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="Movie 6.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">

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