Welcome to STEAM!
STEAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. There is a lot of research suggesting that integrating these subjects, especially adding a creative component with art, is beneficial for students and makes sense for the way kids learn. STEAM lessons are usually hands-on and exploratory and are designed to instil an inquiry based design thinking cycle within the children. STEAM education prepares students for the real world, where professionals often use multiple disciplines (an engineer might also use a lot of mathematics or a programmer might find creative approaches helpful to solving a problem.)
Each week the students will be given a challenge and will need to work both independently and in teams to work through and solve the problem in as many ways as they can. Some challenges will be worked on over 2 to 3 weeks and students are encouraged to discuss their learning with you at home to further their thinking.
We finished our dream cars and towards the end of term 1 we learnt about team roles and working together to achieve an outcome. We made catapults and began testing how we can use elastic force to make a lolly frog fly!
This term we have been exploring music and how it is made during our remote learning. We are exploring sound with a focus on how and why we hear different sounds. We are also exploring musical instruments and figuring out why they make the sound they make including our own voices. We will end this topic by making our own instrument out of everyday items and recycled goods!
Damian Hayes
Each week the students will be given a challenge and will need to work both independently and in teams to work through and solve the problem in as many ways as they can. Some challenges will be worked on over 2 to 3 weeks and students are encouraged to discuss their learning with you at home to further their thinking.
We finished our dream cars and towards the end of term 1 we learnt about team roles and working together to achieve an outcome. We made catapults and began testing how we can use elastic force to make a lolly frog fly!
This term we have been exploring music and how it is made during our remote learning. We are exploring sound with a focus on how and why we hear different sounds. We are also exploring musical instruments and figuring out why they make the sound they make including our own voices. We will end this topic by making our own instrument out of everyday items and recycled goods!
Damian Hayes
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