Turtle Time!!!

All of the second graders had a chance to learn how to pick up and hold our baby Diamondback Terrapin Turtles!

They love to crawl, so we have to keep a lid on them so they don't escape from our hands!

We learned to hold them by the sides of their shell and to use a gentle touch...we also keep them above water, just in case they fall out! We always wash our hands after handling the turtles, so their bacteria can't make us sick.

Grade 2 Arcade Challenge!!!

STEM Arcade Challenge!!!

Dear Second Graders,

    Your challenge is to build an arcade style game out of cardboard and other recycled materials, so start saving now!!! Duct Tape works great to hold your game together...or maybe an adult could help you with a Hot Glue Gun? Games can be big or small, but you must be driven/picked up if your game is too large to bring on the bus.

Your game should be fun….not too easy and not too challenging...remember...engineers need to try different designs to get things to work the way they want!

Please bring your game to school on March 4th for Arcade Day!!! You will get to run your game for different customers...you can bring in small prizes if you want, but it is not required. You will also get to try out other games!!!

Ms. Martin will choose TWO WINNERS from each homeroom. They will get to show their games on STEM Night, March 10th for the whole school to see/play! Please fill out the Game Plan to pass in with your project on March 4th. Good luck and have fun!!! Your families can help you, but it should be mostly your ideas/work!!!

Love, Ms. Martin

kmartin@mashpee.k12.ma.us

    Caine’s Arcade!

STEM Arcade Challenge!!!

Name:                                      Homeroom:

Game Name:

How My Game Works:

Recycled Materials I Used:

What I did to improve my game so that it worked the best way possible:

Coast Guard and First Graders!

     Today the Coast Guard came to visit and help us with our STEM learning! Mr. Eric, Mr.John, and Ms. Martin taught us how sound waves are invisible and travel through vibrations. We have vocal cords that help us to speak and special hairs in our ears that catch the sound waves and send a special message to our brain to let us know what we are hearing. 

     There are many different ways  to communicate, but today we made a model of a phone out of cups and string. When we kept the string tight, our sound waves traveled to our partner's cup and we could hear what they said, even in a whisper! We all got to take home our own device. Thank you to the Coast Guard for helping us learn and keeping the coast safe!!!

STEM Update

Grade 1: Nest Design Challenge!

SHARK TANK WINNERS!

Here are the winners from our Technology Mash-Up Challenge! The FIRST AND SECOND GRADE inventors engineered a new technology by combining two technologies that already exist. Our ideas and designs came out AMAZINGLY!!!!

Testing our Designs!

Our kindergarten teams finished creating their playgrounds that were designed with SUNNY and SHADY places for kids to play in and on. We brought them outside to test them out! Our designs were successful and we made a fun place to play for both HOT HARRY and COOL CARL! Check out our models at the front entrance of the school the next time you come in!!! We did awesome on our first DESIGN CHALLENGE!!