S.T.E.M. Stations

S.T.E.M. Stations

Hi parents! Kindergarteners worked in S.T.E.M. stations today! (S-science, T-technology, E-engineering, M-mathematics) Check out, all that in each station. 

Station #1- Tree investigation

In this station we worked as scientist to draw what we observed. We have been studying trees, and today we got to observe with hand lenses a real evergreen tree. We all were able to touch the tree, look at the branches where the needles (leaves) had fallen out, as well as tape real needles to our paper. As we were drawing what we saw we used our ABCD's of drawing. (A-accurate, B-big, C-colorful, D-detailed). Once we were finished drawing we wrote sentences about what we have learned about evergreen trees. (Here is where the idea stemmed from!)

Station #2- Sphero Ornament Painting

In this station we worked on our coding skills! We were able to program the Sphero to move in the directions that we were drawing. Some of us drew detailed pictures, some of us made the Sphero go back and forth and some of us tried to draw lines like a "map" for the Sphero. 

Station #3- Osmo Coding

In this station, we were able to work with a partner to guide the "snowman" through the forest. We had to use our directionality as well as our number sense. We had to assess what steps needed to be taken to get the fruit and prizes as well as what steps need to be taken to avoid set obstacles. 

 

Station #4- Code-A-Pillar

In this station, we had to program the Code-A-Pillar to follow the "trail" the gingerbread man left.

Station #5- Dot and Dash Challenge

In this station, we were able to go through the engineering design process to build a sleigh! Then we used Dash to see if our sleigh would work. If it worked we got to drive our sleigh around! If it did not work, we went back to change our design so that it would work! 

Station #6- I Spy

In this station we worked on finding similar Christmas trees. We then wrote down how many of each tree we found and made a graph out of our information! (Here is where we found the print off pages)