Project Details:
The school-wide STEAM Expo night will be on April 17. Please make all efforts to attend so that you can join your team and give your final presentation. Since Hilburn's focus is "Access to Clean Water," the challenge for your team is:
The Museum of Natural Sciences is updating their collection to include more interactive and engaging exhibits and they have approached your team to construct new exhibits about soil and water conservation and the history of transportation of clean water in Africa and Southeast Asia. Your team will create mini exhibits to show your vast and expansive knowledge of these topics to the public.
For the next 8 school days, students will work in their museum teams that teachers have created by analyzing learning styles. Each day from 8:15-10:45 students will have STEAM Work Sessions. Because of the morning work sessions, we will be alternating Core 1 and 2 with Core 3 and 4, every other day in the afternoons, continuing with our Common Core Curriculum. You can look at our team calendar to see the layout.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, students will start the day with a flipped video that each of the teachers have created. Following each video, students will research individually to find more info on the topic that the teacher presented.
March 18 Bass and Armentrout: Conservation of Water (analyze personal water usage from weekend) & Conservation of Soil
March 19 Boop: Africa/Southeast Asia Transport of Water
March 20 Goldberg: Famous Faces of Water
After the 3 introductory topic days, the students in each team will decide how they will split themselves up (with guidance) so that they can complete each of the 3 final tasks that are listed below. (We are waiting until this point to create smaller divisions in each team so that each student focuses on each topic entirely, preventing them from having a closed mind). Then they will spend the next five days building/creating the artifacts and writing their mini-report on their topic. Each day will start with a 15 minute team meeting so that duos can share progress made with their other teammates. After the team meeting, students will break into learning groups where they will join students in other homerooms that are working on the same project as them so that they can collaborate as needed. Students that are working on Conservation of Soil will go to Ms. Armentrout’s room to work, students working with Water Transportation will go to Ms. Boop’s room, students working on the Faces of Clean Water will go to the cafeteria with Mr. Goldberg and students that are working on trifolds will work in Ms. Bass’ room.
The three expected artifacts by each Museum Team:
-create a technology artifact and soil diorama related to Conservation of Soil in Africa/Southeast Asia
-create a 3D model of transportation of water in Africa/SoutheastAsia
-create a trifold encapsulating everything AND perform a Wax Museum Exhibit of an expert that is/was instrumental:
-in the creation of irrigation techniques of farms and cities
-in educating the world on the necessity of clean water
-in the creation of filtration devices
-in the creation of survival techniques if you were stranded in the desert
**Also to be included on the trifold is information from “The Big Drip" math activity. Each group member needs to write a statement on how he/she can personally conserve water.
***This project (artifacts/written assignments) is to be completed at school, in student learning teams. The only work that may be done at home, with limited parental involvement, is gathering research with sources sited. Please understand that while we appreciate your support, projects (or parts of projects), will not be graded if they are done at home.
The school-wide STEAM Expo night will be on April 17. Please make all efforts to attend so that you can join your team and give your final presentation. Since Hilburn's focus is "Access to Clean Water," the challenge for your team is:
The Museum of Natural Sciences is updating their collection to include more interactive and engaging exhibits and they have approached your team to construct new exhibits about soil and water conservation and the history of transportation of clean water in Africa and Southeast Asia. Your team will create mini exhibits to show your vast and expansive knowledge of these topics to the public.
For the next 8 school days, students will work in their museum teams that teachers have created by analyzing learning styles. Each day from 8:15-10:45 students will have STEAM Work Sessions. Because of the morning work sessions, we will be alternating Core 1 and 2 with Core 3 and 4, every other day in the afternoons, continuing with our Common Core Curriculum. You can look at our team calendar to see the layout.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, students will start the day with a flipped video that each of the teachers have created. Following each video, students will research individually to find more info on the topic that the teacher presented.
March 18 Bass and Armentrout: Conservation of Water (analyze personal water usage from weekend) & Conservation of Soil
March 19 Boop: Africa/Southeast Asia Transport of Water
March 20 Goldberg: Famous Faces of Water
After the 3 introductory topic days, the students in each team will decide how they will split themselves up (with guidance) so that they can complete each of the 3 final tasks that are listed below. (We are waiting until this point to create smaller divisions in each team so that each student focuses on each topic entirely, preventing them from having a closed mind). Then they will spend the next five days building/creating the artifacts and writing their mini-report on their topic. Each day will start with a 15 minute team meeting so that duos can share progress made with their other teammates. After the team meeting, students will break into learning groups where they will join students in other homerooms that are working on the same project as them so that they can collaborate as needed. Students that are working on Conservation of Soil will go to Ms. Armentrout’s room to work, students working with Water Transportation will go to Ms. Boop’s room, students working on the Faces of Clean Water will go to the cafeteria with Mr. Goldberg and students that are working on trifolds will work in Ms. Bass’ room.
The three expected artifacts by each Museum Team:
-create a technology artifact and soil diorama related to Conservation of Soil in Africa/Southeast Asia
-create a 3D model of transportation of water in Africa/SoutheastAsia
-create a trifold encapsulating everything AND perform a Wax Museum Exhibit of an expert that is/was instrumental:
-in the creation of irrigation techniques of farms and cities
-in educating the world on the necessity of clean water
-in the creation of filtration devices
-in the creation of survival techniques if you were stranded in the desert
**Also to be included on the trifold is information from “The Big Drip" math activity. Each group member needs to write a statement on how he/she can personally conserve water.
***This project (artifacts/written assignments) is to be completed at school, in student learning teams. The only work that may be done at home, with limited parental involvement, is gathering research with sources sited. Please understand that while we appreciate your support, projects (or parts of projects), will not be graded if they are done at home.