https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327 Made with a taste for critical thinking, problem solving, and FUN en-us 2017-02-18 19:58:24 UTC 2025-12-01 16:25:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155059472 The adventures of STEAM in Ms. Dawson's class.]]> 2017-02-21 04:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155059472 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060159 Washington "Sink or Swim Build a Boat" challenge- using limited materials, students had to construct a boat that would float and hold "passengers" (marbles). ]]> 2017-02-21 05:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060159 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060480 Success! Teamwork!]]> 2017-02-21 05:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060480 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060596 Students had to measure themselves in comparison to Abraham Lincoln in one of the presidential stem centers. ]]> 2017-02-21 05:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060596 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060793 I used the "say and scribe" strategy in this lesson. Students had to work in pairs and construct a Lego heart. 1 student could talk, 1 student could touch the Lego bricks. Neither student could do both, so it was a difficult challenge for the more "assertive" students.]]> 2017-02-21 05:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155060793 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155061065 2017-02-21 05:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155061065 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155658952 Alaska grafitti board. I wrote the word Alaska on a poster and throughout the week students added words around it after research.]]> 2017-02-23 04:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155658952 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659149 2017-02-23 04:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659149 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659474 To help students visualize equality, we soaked a brown egg and white egg into vinegar to dissolve the shells. Students wrote a hypothesis, compared/contrasted, and came to the conclusion that even though the eggs looked different outwardly, the were the same inside]]> 2017-02-23 04:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659474 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659784 Rinsing the egg after 1 day of vinegar soak.]]> 2017-02-23 04:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659784 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659818 The finale. Can you tell which egg had a brown shell and which egg had a white shell?]]> 2017-02-23 04:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/155659818 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156912086 2017-03-01 02:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156912086 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156914149 2017-03-01 02:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156914149 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156914644 After reading "Bartholomew and the Oobleck", students created their own batch of oobleck and dropped items into the oobleck. Some items would float. Some sunk. 1 item floated for a few seconds then sunk. ]]> 2017-03-01 02:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156914644 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156915010 2017-03-01 02:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/156915010 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/158218571 Students had to listen to read alouds of Dr. Seuss's less popular books, then compare them to his well known titles. ]]> 2017-03-07 01:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/158218571 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/158218953 Students had to construct a tower 3 feet tall that can withstand the weight of an apple without falling]]> 2017-03-07 01:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/158218953 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/158219955 2017-03-07 02:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/158219955 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/159170693 After reading "Library Lion" by Michelle Knudsen, we tested sound. If the sound waves were strong enough, they'd move the rice acrossthe plastic wrap on a metal bowl. The kids LOVED using their outside voices for science. ]]> 2017-03-10 02:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/159170693 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/159171208 Our STEM math center this week was based on 2nd grade measurement standards. Students had to build a library complete with children's library, quiet reading area, fiction, non fiction , and a circulation desk. They then had to measure each dimension. I checked to make sure measurements were correct.]]> 2017-03-10 02:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/159171208 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/162295535 Students had to construct a new stool for Miss Meriwether. In the book "Library Lion" Miss Meriwether falls from her step stool and breaks her arm.]]> 2017-03-24 00:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/162295535 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/162295880 Students writing a story based on 5 sound effects.]]> 2017-03-24 00:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/162295880 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/162296367 Students created "magic leprechaun rocks" as a science lesson on chemical reaction. We then created a story about how leprechauns hide thier "gold" (coin) in rocks instead of the end of rainbows. Students read their stories to K and 1st graders. They placed their "rocks" into "leprechaun potion" (vinegar) and watched thier rocks disappear. 

]]> 2017-03-24 00:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/162296367 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169054866 Student groups had to construct a mechanical grabber using these limited materials. ]]> 2017-04-30 12:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169054866 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055369 After reading and researching the works of Jane Goodall, students had to engineer an animal hospital that could meet the needs of house pets and wild animals. ]]> 2017-04-30 13:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055369 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055482 2017-04-30 13:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055482 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055539 With pizza boxes, foil, plastic wrap, a pencil, and a piece of black paper, students had to create solar ovens.]]> 2017-04-30 13:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055539 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055601 Yum! We cooked s'mores in our solar ovens. ]]> 2017-04-30 13:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055601 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055691 We made a miniature water cycle using hot water, a glass jar, and ice. Students had to document their observations]]> 2017-04-30 13:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055691 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055865 Students had to solve equations in order to get their water molecule game piece around the water cycle]]> 2017-04-30 13:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/169055865 goldtrapc https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/172472580 Our class participated in a school-wide PBL. Each grade selected a continent to research. 2nd grade chose Europe, so my class researched France. Please watch our presentation below. ]]> 2017-05-18 02:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/goldtrapc/t08aqtklk327/wish/172472580