3-2-1 BLAST OFF!

Yesterday was our very last Green S.T.E.M. Club meeting for the 2011-2012 School Year! We had a wonderful turn-out of both present and past members, and an overwhelming amount of cupcakes and juice boxes. Thank you so much to all of the parents who sent in treats. We appreciate you!

The rockets were AMAZING! We had five rockets all together; two of which had eggs in them! Once the egg rockets went up, the egg separated from the rocket, and flew back down to Earth on a parachute. As with any space mission, it was a risky flight, and we did suffer some losses. One rocket is resting peacefully in the trees at Springwood, an egg on a parachute is also watching over all of our fourth and fifth grade students from a tree on the back of the playground. And, somebody in the neighborhood behind our school is probably wondering how an egg on a parachute got in their yard!

Here are some pictures from our celebration yesterday. Thank you to all who participated in The Green S.T.E.M. Club this year! We had a "BLAST"!

The Green S.T.E.M. Club 2011-2012

 Getting ready...

 BLAST OFF!

 Watching to see where it goes.

 PARTY TIME!!!

Don't Forget!

Attention: All Green S.T.E.M. Club Members, both past and present!

Remember we are having our end of the year party Wednesday, April 25th. We will have a rocket launch, and enjoy goodies. 

Remember to return your form to Mrs. Rodriguez to let us know if you are planning to attend, and what items you will be bringing for everybody to enjoy. 

See you there! 

Civil Engineering

Yesterday our S.T.E.M. Club members completed a Civil Engineering activity.  Each group had to use a single sheet of paper and a 12 inch piece of tape to design and build a free-standing structure. The structure had to stay upright for at least 30 seconds with no support.  The picture below shows the finished products. 

Our Herb Garden!

Our S.T.E.M. Club members worked hard turning what looked like a box full of dirt in the back of the school, into a lovely herb garden. We can't wait to see how they grow (and taste them, too!)

It's Been A While!

It has definitely been a while since we have updated the blog! We have been up to lots of fun and exciting things!

We finished Session 2 with the wonderful Egg Drop Experiment, and learning about aerodynamics with paper airplanes. Pictures will be coming soon. (Mrs. Owen's personal computer is having some issues at the moment, so as soon as we get that straightened out, the pictures will be posted.)

We are now in the final S.T.E.M. Club Session: Session 3! We have a few new folks joining us, and some very familiar faces with us again this time!

We have met three times, so far. The first meeting, we cleaned our mealworm/beetle habitats, and explored their life cycle some more. Our second meeting, we planted some herbs in our garden in back of the school. We are looking forward to watching these grow! Last week, we extended our paper plane activity by engineering our own paper airplane designs! We worked together in groups to see whose planes could go the furtherest. We found the way you throw the plane (or the force you apply to it) has a big affect on how far the plane will fly, too! (Not just the design!)

Check out this video we watched before we put our engineering minds to work. It's the new world record paper plane!