Our S.T.E.A.M. Academy is an exciting program for students in grades 4-6. The students participate in hands-on projects and activitiess that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math. We have several teachers and community members who will guide students through the process of developing ideas, implementation, evaluation, and presentation of achievement in a range of activities and subjects which include food preparation, instument care and music theory, hands-on art projects, graphic design, and much more!
Local corporations, industries and innovators that would like to support the S.T.E.A.M. Academy by offering a tour of their industry, share their invention, or have other ideas for the S.T.E.A.M. Academy please contact Sharon Halverson at 485.0114
Local corporations, industries and innovators that would like to support the S.T.E.A.M. Academy by offering a tour of their industry, share their invention, or have other ideas for the S.T.E.A.M. Academy please contact Sharon Halverson at 485.0114
Projects created by S.T.E.A.M. students in the past:
1. Basics to Aviation. This involves building kites and aircraft (folded paper airplanes)and met with local aviators at the Boscobel Airport.
2. Rocket building. Creating and actually firing rockets.
3. Creation of a Rube Goldberg Machine. This is a large machine that each student or group of students had to create in order to achieve a minor goal, such as cracking an egg, or popping a balloon, or ringing a bell. They were supposed to use all six of the simple machines to accomplish their task.
4. Creation of a musical instrument using plastic pipe. This was a spin-off that occurred when we watched some of the kids mess around while building kites using straws. Some of the kids used straws to make noise. We discussed the difference between a musical sound and noise. We then discussed how a person could make music rather than just noise and showed them how to create a musical instrument out of tubing.
5. The student devise a system which would permit an egg to be dropped from a 10 foot height to the ground without breaking, and without assistance such as dropping the egg onto a pillow.
6. Students study Engineering and Design concepts. They learn the basic 3 view orthographic projection.
1. Basics to Aviation. This involves building kites and aircraft (folded paper airplanes)and met with local aviators at the Boscobel Airport.
2. Rocket building. Creating and actually firing rockets.
3. Creation of a Rube Goldberg Machine. This is a large machine that each student or group of students had to create in order to achieve a minor goal, such as cracking an egg, or popping a balloon, or ringing a bell. They were supposed to use all six of the simple machines to accomplish their task.
4. Creation of a musical instrument using plastic pipe. This was a spin-off that occurred when we watched some of the kids mess around while building kites using straws. Some of the kids used straws to make noise. We discussed the difference between a musical sound and noise. We then discussed how a person could make music rather than just noise and showed them how to create a musical instrument out of tubing.
5. The student devise a system which would permit an egg to be dropped from a 10 foot height to the ground without breaking, and without assistance such as dropping the egg onto a pillow.
6. Students study Engineering and Design concepts. They learn the basic 3 view orthographic projection.