Good Afternoon Everyone,
The 7th Grade STEM Team had a very busy day today! Corporations are starting to feel the pressure of having deadlines to make in order to be ready for their final presentations that are only 18 days away! They have been brainstorming ideas for ways to sustain and colonize life on Mars - NOT an easy chore but they are working on meeting the challenge!
Today they had several visitors from Clarkson University and the news reporter from the Malone Evening Telegram was here also. Clarkson staff mainly worked with the engineers helping them program, build, and use the Lego Digital Design program. They also had the opportunity to visit all the corporations. We even have had a 3D printer set up for our use! A huge "Thank You" to Clarkson for coming in to help us. We are looking forward to future visits from you!
On the menu bar above, you can click on individual corporations to see what each one is doing. Individual students will be posting from time to time to keep you updated. We hope to see you surfing through our blogs!
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Kuhn
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Friday, May 15, 2015
Mars Colonization Project Under Way!
Mars Colonization Project Under Way!
Good Afternoon Everyone!
A few months ago, Team Awesome (that's our 7th grade teachers) started collaborating with Clarkson University regarding our Spring project called Mars Colonization. Last week we began our "ramp-up" week where we filtered students through 7 different classrooms over 7 days teaching them a variety of things about Mars. They learned about the soil, atmosphere, terrain, weather, what it takes to make a strong member of a crew being sent to Mars, nutrition, etc.
This past Monday we had our "kick-off" with Ben Baumgardner in his bright orange spacesuit speaking to the kids about the project and playing a video for them that Amanda and himself had made. He also answered several questions from the audience. Afterwards, students went to meet with their Corporation facilitators to learn more about what the project is about. The driving question that all "corporations" or teams face is: "How can we as a project team colonize and sustain life on Mars with a select group of people?"
A huge "Thank You" to Ben and Amanda for kick-starting our project!
Yesterday we had the opportunity to have a video conference with a gentleman named Lyle Tavernier from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California! What an amazing 30 minutes we had! The students were totally engaged the whole time Lyle spoke. He gave us an overview of JPL and what they are working on presently. He also gave the students some very interesting facts about Mars and the different types of Missions that they have completed. We also had the chance to see lots of pictures of various rovers and the surface of Mars!
A huge "Thank You!" to Lyle and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory!
A few months ago, Team Awesome (that's our 7th grade teachers) started collaborating with Clarkson University regarding our Spring project called Mars Colonization. Last week we began our "ramp-up" week where we filtered students through 7 different classrooms over 7 days teaching them a variety of things about Mars. They learned about the soil, atmosphere, terrain, weather, what it takes to make a strong member of a crew being sent to Mars, nutrition, etc.
This past Monday we had our "kick-off" with Ben Baumgardner in his bright orange spacesuit speaking to the kids about the project and playing a video for them that Amanda and himself had made. He also answered several questions from the audience. Afterwards, students went to meet with their Corporation facilitators to learn more about what the project is about. The driving question that all "corporations" or teams face is: "How can we as a project team colonize and sustain life on Mars with a select group of people?"
A huge "Thank You" to Ben and Amanda for kick-starting our project!
A huge "Thank You!" to Lyle and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory!
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