DCS STEM Class

Our 4th grade students finished the year by designing cars made from recycled materials. This challenge required lots of tinkering and iterating, particularly to create a functioning set of wheels and axles. Check out a few of our final designs below!

For their final project of the year, 5th and 6th graders have been exploring properties of bubbles and bubble wands. After experimenting with manufactured wands, students then created their own wands using a variety of materials, including screen, popsicle sticks, wire, rubber bands, straws, and paper clips. Following the testing of their created wands, students then used 3D modeling software to design and 3D print a bubble wand.

Over the past several weeks, our first grade students have been designing and building bird feeders using recycled materials.  In creating their feeders, students had to meet three success criteria. 1. The feeder must have a way to attach to a tree branch. 2. The feeder must have a way to put bird seed inside.  3. The feeder must have a way for the birds to access the food. This week, we put some of our bird feeders out onto our trail. We hope the birds are enjoying the feast!