This week in STEM, the 5/6 class finished working on their webiste on the Lake Champlain Basin and related issues. They practiced navigating features of Google Slides to create their own page on the class site, including managing formatting, inserting text and images, and researching information for the educational site. They did a wonderful job […]
Category: STEM
Starting Websites on Local Watershed Issues
With Cabaret and Hosmer Point, the 5/6s have missed some time in STEM but are still on track to finish their websites on local watershed issues. Using Google Sites, they practiced the tools necessary on that platform to make a website by making a multi-page website about themselves. The 5/6s enjoyed learning how to make […]
How do Wetlands Filter out Pollution?
As we continue to explore issues surrounding our local watershed, in STEM this week the 5/6 class focused on wetlands, and how wetlands help to filter out pollutants, reduce erosion and flooding, and provide a healthy ecosystem for organisms. After studying the composition of wetlands, and the features that allow wetlands to act as such […]
Exploring our Local Watershed
This week in STEM, the 5/6 class started brainstorming what they need to know in order to answer their driving question, How can we create an informative website to teach the community about our local watershed? After studying global water issues in the last STEM/Global studies project, they’ll be focusing on local water issues in […]
Kicking off our Project on Local Watersheds
This week the 5/6 class was introduced to their final STEM project, on local watersheds. This project builds off of the last project on global water issues, focusing in on our local watershed and water in our own community, including the McCabe Brook, which runs right behind our school. To kick off the project, the […]
STEM Challenge- Marble Maze!
This week in STEM, the 5/6 class finished their portfolio reflections on their work during the project on Engineering and Global Water Issues. After they were done, they reviewed the Engineering Design Process as they tackled a new design challenge: to create a marble maze that took a marble 60 to complete. The 5/6s did […]
Global Water & Engineering Exhibition
Driving Question: How can we, as members of the international community, positively impact the access and management of potable water? Exhibit Summary: During this joint Global Studies & STEM project, the 5/6s became advocates for the access and management of clean, drinkable water. They inquired about water issues locally, nationally, and globally as well as […]
Thank You for Attending the Vermont Day School PBL Share!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU Vermont Day School families for attending our whole school PBL Share. It is truly rewarding to share our work with you. The final week(s) of our projects synthesize the knowledge classes learned with the skills developed to create a product that communicates our learning in an authentic and engaging way. Classes enjoyed presenting their work and discussing the process that led to the variety of […]
Designing and Building Innovative Solutions!
This week in STEM, the 5/6 class starting building their prototypes of a solution to a chosen global water issue. After conducting in-depth research on the water issue, the 5/6s finished their brainstorm/imagine phase of the Engineering Design Process where they wrote down all possible ideas they could think of, and identified their best idea […]
Brainstorming solutions to water issues
This week in STEM, the 5/6 class continued researching a specific global water issue, investigating the specific causes and consequences of the issue. Using this research, they started the next step of their Engineering Design Processes: brainstorm! They added to their engineering log any and all ideas that they could think of to use as […]