by Tom DiCamillo | Aug 13, 2018 | Designing with STEM, Middle School Top Picks
This unit introduces students to problem solving techniques and methods. Students explore magnetism and how running an electric current through a wire coil can create an electric field. Students will experiment with materials to build a working speaker where sound...
by Tom DiCamillo | Aug 12, 2018 | Designing with STEM, Distance Learning MS
This unit reviews safe and ethical ways to use the Internet. Students are given different scenarios about online safety and then reflect on the scenarios in small groups before sharing with the rest of the class. Time: 2-3 Hours
by Tom DiCamillo | Aug 11, 2018 | Designing with STEM, Middle School Top Picks
This unit will show students how to define a problem, variables, and proper experimentation. These exciting rocket based activities introduce students to the design of controlled experiments including the isolation of variables, methodical approaches to problem...
by Tom DiCamillo | Aug 10, 2018 | Designing with STEM, Distance Learning MS
This unit reviews copyrights, trademarks, patents, plagiarism, and the laws surrounding them. Students synthesize this information and take a stance on why copyrights are or are not important. Time: 1-2 Hours
by Tom DiCamillo | Aug 9, 2018 | Designing with STEM
This unit reviews how to identify and outline the criteria of a problem. There are two fun and educational hands-on experiments in this unit: Building a hydraulic can crusher and building a hydraulic robotic arm. Students learn about input and output forces, ratios,...
by Tom DiCamillo | Aug 8, 2018 | Designing with STEM, Distance Learning MS
Students learn how to create floor plans and apply this through mapping out an emergency evacuation plan. This unit starts with rough sketches of the classroom that turn into scaled drawings with dimension lines, symbols, and a key. Fire safety and evacuation is...
