At our last meeting, the Second and Third Grade STEM Club members heard a great presentation from our own Kasiyah Rogers about Loggerhead Sea Turtles. She did a lot of research on her own and brought it back to the club to share. We were very surprised to hear over 90% of Loggerhead Sea Turtle births take place in Florida! This made us very aware of how important taking care of our environment and being aware of ways to protect sea turtles is important, given our location!
We then moved onto researching "The Egg Drop." The students are in charge of building some sort of protective vehicle for a raw egg, so that when dropped from a high altitude, the egg will stay in tact and not crack. Our Second and Third Grade members used the laptops to look up materials and design ideas, and then began designing and constructing their own models using materials we had at school. They also came up with lists of other items they may need to bring from home. At our next meeting, we plan to finish building the vehicles, and then testing them! Stay tuned to find out what happens!
