​Jill Work, K-8 STEAM curriculum

January

• Articulated dragon puppets

  • Read Sam and the Lucky Money​

• Kodable; those who have finished move on to Code.org

• Code.org

• Reverse engineer Flapping bird (brainstorm how to do this with our STEM lab supplies)​

  • video 1

  • video2

February

• Squishy circuits

• Conductive or Non-Conductive with Funkey

  • experiment/worksheet (p. 3)

• Using a battery tester

• Light and Sound as Communication video

  • Paper cup and string “telephone”

  • Morse Code with light and sound (S.O.S.)

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A3tBINRdiE

    • Morse Code with Dot robots

    • Morse Code worksheet (p. 7)

March

• Light-up Leprechaun house

• Swim noodle/toothpick engineering

  • the tallest tower, creature, 3D shape, bridge, vehicle, balance challenge, moving part, freeform

• Kodable; those who have finished move on to Code.org

April

• Scratch Jr. challenge cards

• Recycled Art: Bottle Cap chain sculpture

  • Bottle Cap chain sculpture

  • Bottle Cap chain sculpture

• Energy transfers in chain reactions/dominoes: carousel levers, seesaw levers, bridges, steps, balls on ramps, different shaped ramps, Tarzan swings, Newton’s cradle (challenge cards)

• Make a Newton’s cradle with books (experiment; brainstorm how to make their own for the chain reaction)

• Build levers and ramps for domino chains (challenge cards)

• Force & motion checklist (p. 2)

• Code.org (Kodable if not finished with Smeeborg)

May

• Anemometer

• Kodable/Code.org

• Continue Energy transfers in chain reactions/dominoes: 

  • carousel levers, seesaw levers, bridges, steps, balls on ramps, different shaped ramps, Tarzan swings, Newton’s cradle (challenge cards)

• Build steps and bridges for domino chains ((challenge cards)

June

• Botley challenges

  • ​https://stemeducationguide.com/botley-activities/

  • https://www.learningresources.com/blog/coding-botley-printables/

• (gadget of some sort)