Turtle Release!!!

Turtle Release!!!

Goodbye Kasey and Coombsie!!!

Where: Sandy Neck Gatehouse

When: Monday June 6th, 2016 @ 4:30 PM

(rain date June 16th)

Dear Families,

    It is time for us to release our two baby turtles, Kasey and Coombsie, back into their wild habitat!! Please consider joining us for this special event. After the release, feel free to stay for a swim or bring your own picnic, weather permitting! All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Please park in the main parking lot at Sandy Neck Beach and walk down to the gatehouse. At 4:30 PM, a Natural Resource Officer will give a brief background of our Diamondback Terrapin Head Start Program. Then we will walk everyone

down the marsh trail to the site where we will then release the terrapins back into the wild! (this is about a 10 minute walk in the sand)

Hope to see you there!!!

~Katie Martin/ STEM Specialist   kmartin@mashpee.k12.ma.us

Float Your Boat Challenge!!!

Students worked to DESIGN a boat made from tinfoil that would hold the most pennies possible before sinking!!! 

The record in Kindergarten is from Aaliyah in Mrs. Wilbur's class with 66 pennies and for First Grade it is a tie between Takoda in Mrs. Souza's class and Griffin in Mrs. MacNally's class with 63 pennies each!

More First Grade Beaks!!!

  

Apple Tower Building Challenge!!!

 

Mrs. Jones' Beaks!!!

James made a hands-free straw beak for Gatorade!!!

Liam used origami to fold a beak to eat Cheez-Its!!!

Sienna cut and folded paper towel tubes to design a brownie beak!!!

Mrs. Daly's Beaks!!!

I am so proud of the girls in Mrs. Daly's class that completed the BEAK CHALLENGE! Their beaks worked perfectly for their favorite food!!!

Abby's Pasta Beak!!!

Avery's Cereal Beak!!!

Lucienne's Yogurt Beak!!!

Scarlett's Apple Beak!!!

Chloe's Marshmallow Beak!!!

KCC STEM NIGHT!!!

*FAMILY STEM NIGHT*  

      Thursday, March 10th, 2016 from 6:00-7:30

    Kenneth C. Coombs School

Please  join us for an evening of hands on learning with special presenters from our school and community:

• The Cape Cod Children’s Museum
• The United States Coast Guard
• The 2nd grade winners with their handmade ARCADE GAMES
• REAL Insects and the USDA scientists that study them
• The Monarch Butterfly Project
• The Mashpee DPW
• The Compost With Me Program
• Mashpee High School Students and their ROBOTS/games
• Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Teachers running engineering challenges
• The baby Diamondback Terrapin Turtles we are raising!!!

We hope to see you there!!!!  

~Katie Martin

PreK-2nd STEM Specialist

kmartin@mashpee.k12.ma.us

http://qesmartin4.blogspot.com/

First Grade Beak Challenge!

Name:                                           G1-D

STEM                                         Ms. Martin

       Beak Design Challenge

           Please design your own beak for eating your favorite snack food:

Fork beak?   Spoon beak?  Straw beak? Chopsticks beak? Tweezers? Clothespin? Other ideas?

BONUS: Can you make a beak at home and bring in it on your next STEM class with your favorite snack to show the class and Ms. Martin how your beak works?!?!

Please bring in on: see special schedule for next class

* no nuts please*             kmartin@mashpee.k12.ma.us

Snowball ( or Ice Cube) Savers!!!

Dear Kindergarten Families,

In STEM class, we have been learning about the 3 states of matter:  solid...liquid...and gas. We have been focusing around water and how it can freeze, melt, and evaporate. To wrap up, we are having a SNOWBALL SAVER Design Challenge!

The goal of the challenge is for the children to build a container/package to see who can get their snowball ( or ice cube!) to last the longest.

The materials that we have been using include:

* Plastic
* Aluminum foil
* Wax paper
* Styrofoam