January 5th, 2016
UNCC STEM Institute
Susan Davis/4th grade, Parkside
Elementary
What does STEAM stand for…
Science, Technology, Engineering,
Art and Math
4.P.1.1 Magnetism
Explain how magnets interact with all
things made of iron and with other magnets to
produce motion without touching them.
Technology
• Exploration
• Magnets
• When you bring a magnet close to another
magnet, it either pulls the other magnet to
itself or pushes it away. Magnets create an
invisible energy field around themselves. Let’s
explore how you can make this invisible field
visible.
Engineering
Maglev: Magnetic Levitation
This video discusses the principles behind
magnetic levitation and how maglev trains
operate.
Art
Math
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators
/topnav/materials/listbytype/Magnetic_Math.
html#.VoBzxFK0b7x
• How many paper clips can a bar magnet,
horseshoe magnet and circle magnet pick up?
4.P.2.1 Matter
Compare physical properties of samples of
matter (strength, hardness, flexibility, ability
to conduct electricity, ability to be attracted
by magnets, force, magnet, magnetic, magnetic
field, pole, repel)
Technology
Exploration
Changing States
Matter can be a solid, liquid, or gas. Do you know that
matter can change from one form to another? When
matter changes its form, it is called changing the state
of matter. Let’s explore how matter changes state.
Engineering
Science Sleuth
The K!Zing! Caper
When bottles of the new drink K!ZING! are frozen,
they get heavier. Impossible! We'll have to investigate
chemical reactions and changes in matter to get to the
bottom of this baffling mystery.
Art
Math Sort
Electricity
4.P.1.2 Explain how electrically charged objects
push or pull on other electrically charged objects
and produce motion.
Technology
Virtual Lab
How Big Is Your Footprint?
The local power company is letting businesses choose
their source for electricity. Students investigate
"green" sources versus fossil fuel sources as well as the
use of energy saving lights; all while keeping the cost as
low as possible.
Engineering
Exploration
Plugging Into the Grid
Electricity powers your computer, television, hair dryer,
and many other machines you use every day. But where
does that energy come from, and how does it get to your
home? Find out how the power grid works!
Art
Math
Rocks and Minerals
4.P.2.2 Explain how minerals are identified using tests for the
physical properties of hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak.
4.P.2.3 Classify rocks as metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous based
on their composition, how they are formed and the processes that
create them.
Technology
Fun-damental
Our Changing Earth
All around you, Earth is changing each day. Rocks are
formed. Volcanoes rumble. Mountains are built and then
slowly destroyed. Come check out the earth-shaking action
in this Fun-damental.
Engineering
Exploration
Rocks Around the Clock
Over time rocks are created before they're
broken or changed in some way. Explore the many
ways rocks are recycled.
Art
Math
Ecosystems
4.L.1.2 Explain how animals meet their
needs by using behaviors in response to
information received from the environment.
Technology and Engineering
Exploration
Adaptation
Living things adapt in order to survive in their surroundings. Turtles
have a hard shell to protect them. Penguins are birds but they don’t
use their wings for flying. They use them to swim. Rain forest trees
adapt by growing tall trunks to reach out for .
Exploration
Moth of a Different Color
How did a population of moths go from being mostly light-colored to
mostly dark-colored in less than 100 years? See how changes in the
environment can lead to species adaptations.
Art
Math
Earth in the Universe
4.E.1.1 Explain the cause of day and night based on
the rotation of Earth on its axis.
4.E.1.2 Explain the monthly changes in the
appearance of the moon, based on the moon’s orbit
around the Earth.
Technology
Fun-damental
Cycles in the Sky
Day follows night. The seasons change, year to year. And the moon
seems to shrink and grow each month, regular as clockwork. Come see
how the cycles of Earth, moon, and sun affect your life.
Engineering
Exploration
Gravity and Orbits
The Moon moves in its orbit around Earth. The planets move in
their orbits around the Sun. Let’s find out what keeps them fixed
in their orbits.
Art
Math
Earth History
4.E.2.3 Give examples of how the surface of the
earth changes due to slow processes such as
erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such
as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes
.
Technology and Engineering
Virtual Lab
Quake It, Don't Shake It
A large earthquake may soon hit the town of Crinkle Ridge. The mayor is worried about
City Hall. Can the old building survive a large earthquake or should the town build a new
City Hall?
Exploration
Make Volcanoes Erupt
Volcanoes are locations where molten rock inside Earth comes to the surface.
Sometimes lava flows from underground; other times, it explodes violently. Explore
the factors that produce both types of eruptions.
Fun-damental
Our Changing Earth
All around you, Earth is changing each day. Rocks are formed. Volcanoes rumble.
Mountains are built and then slowly destroyed. Come check out the earth-shaking action
in this Fun-damental.
Art
Math
Energy
4.P.3.1 Recognize the basic forms of energy (light, sound,
heat, electrical, and magnetic) as the ability to cause
motion or create change.
Virtual Lab Moving On
Stored energy vs. energy in motion. That's the difference between potential and kinetic
energy. To learn more, just follow the bouncing ball.
Keep It Cool
You are an architect hired to design an energy-efficient office building in a southern
town. How can you design the building to reduce the need for air conditioning during the
summer?
Virtual Lab
How Big Is Your Footprint?
The local power company is letting businesses choose their source for electricity.
Students investigate "green" sources versus fossil fuel sources as well as the use of
energy saving lights; all while keeping the cost as low as possible.
Fun-damental
Energy Makes It Happen
Energy is motion. Or is it something more? From electricity to sound, energy takes many
different forms. Find out what energy is and explore its different uses
Art