The Library Express
All Aboard! Full STEAM Ahead! Vol. 1 Issue 1
Welcome to The Absecon Schools Media Center Newsletter
What's New in the Media Center
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10th Annual Book Swap/Family Literacy Night
Thursday, Feb 26, 2015, 06:00 PM
Absecon Public Schools Cafeteria
STEAM in the Media Center
Our first graders are finishing up a STEAM based project on pumpkins. We read fiction stories about pumpkins and explored information text books about pumpkins. Then the fun began! Each class had their own pumpkin to experiment with for this project. The children measured the height of the pumpkins, counted how many lines each pumpkin had on the outside, and predicted whether or not pumpkins can float. After all of those questions were answered and predictions were made, we floated the pumpkins. After floating, we cut the pumpkins open and estimated how many seeds were in each one. Our next experiment was to see if we could grow pumpkins in the Media Center. Take a look at our efforts below. The children have also drawn the life cycle of the pumpkin and written the steps. Our last pumpkin activity will be using candy pumpkins and toothpicks to build structures.
Second grade is working on a STEAM project using magnets. Again, we have read fiction and information text - print and digital - on the subject of magnets. The sixth grade science department was kind enough to lend us a box of magnets and metal for our project. The students get so excited when they can make a magnetic chain of paperclips or attempt to get like poles to stick together (they are determined even though the magnets won't cooperate!). We are even bringing the nursery rhymes into this unit by creating our own Humpty Dumpty with plastic eggs and washers. The goal will be to see if we can keep him on the wall or he will fall down.
Later in the year, STEAM will happen with the Kindergartners using Lois Ehlert books.
Always something new and exciting happening in here every day!
Measuring Pumpkins
Floating Pumpkins
Growing Pumpkins
Absecon Schools Media Center
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