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STEM Camp for 5 to 9 Year Olds #Academic

Students will complete 8 STEM projects and learn about chemistry, patterns, gravity, cleaning up oil spills, the water cycle, states of matter, construction and coding.
Mrs. Kris, MBA
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4.9
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Class

What's included

5 live meetings
4 hrs 35 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade Kindergarten - 3
Day One: This will be an experimental class where students use their creativity and reasoning skills to put their engineering skills into practice. Students will create a freestanding building and a bridge made out of uncooked spaghetti and marshmallows. The class will begin with basic specifications, goals and objectives. Students through trial and error will allow their potential to unfold. Students scientific reasoning will be amazing, mindset will shift, problems will be solved, and thinking will be dynamic. 
Students will receive feedback and encouragement during the class.

Day Two: This issue relates to real world issues in the environment. Students mix oil and water then see the results as they use various materials to try to remove the oil as well as observing the impact on other items in nature. This will be an experimental class where students use their creativity and reasoning skills to put their problem solving skills into practice. Students will create an oil spill, observe the impact on objects in the impacted area, and then try various clean up efforts. The class will begin with a discussion, instructions, basic specifications, goals and objectives. Students through trial and error will allow their potential to unfold. Students scientific reasoning will be amazing, mindset will shift, problems will be solved, and thinking will be dynamic. Students will receive feedback and encouragement during the class. Slides and an accompanying activity worksheet will accompany the class for notes and skills reinforcement.  More fun with an experimental class where students use their creativity and counting, patterning, color identification, and reasoning skills into practice. Students through trial and error will allow their potential to unfold. Students scientific reasoning will be amazing, mindset will shift, problems will be solved, and both discussion and thinking will be dynamic. Students will receive feedback and encouragement during the class. Great, age-appropriate project offering numerous learning opportunities. 

Day Three: We will discuss gravity and the process of capillary action. We will have a hands on experiment: demonstrating the combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials. Information will be presented through discussion and slides. Students will have an observation sheet to complete during the class including predictions and an illustration of the experiment. Experiment Two: This will be an experimental class where students use their creativity and experience how chemistry causes the properties of an item to react when added to another. Students will observe reactions as the properties of the dish soap react with the fat in the milk. Students will make predictions, be amazed, their mindset will shift, and both discussion and thinking will be dynamic. Students will receive feedback and encouragement during the class. Great, age-appropriate project offering numerous learning opportunities. *Slides will be shared during the lesson introducing topics applied in the lesson.

Day Four: We will discuss the three states of matter: solid, liquid, gas as well as what matter, mass and volume are. Additional discussion of melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation. We will have a hands on experiment: self inflating balloon. 
Information will be presented through discussion and slides. Students will have an observation sheet to complete during the class including predictions and an illustration of the experiment. Project Two: This will be an experimental class where students use their creativity and reasoning skills to put their engineering skills into practice. Students will create a cloud in a jar following discussion on the water cycle. The class will begin with basic specifications, goals and objectives. Students follow instructions allowing their potential to unfold. Students scientific reasoning will be amazing, mindset will shift, problems will be solved, and thinking will be dynamic. Students will receive feedback and encouragement during the class. Slides and an accompanying activity worksheet will accompany the class for notes and skills reinforcement

Day Five: Wrap up any discussion. This STEM activity has a specific purpose as students use the binary alphabet code to make hearts out of colors and patterns. Great introduction into coding as well as making a gift, or Valentine's fun. The students use their creativity and put their reasoning skills to practice. Students through trial and error will allow their potential to unfold. Students scientific reasoning will be amazing, mindset will shift, problems will be solved, and thinking will be dynamic. 

Welcome 4-5 minutes
Discussion 18-22 minutes
Experiment 15-25 minutes
Summary and discussion 5-8 minutes
Learning Goals
Students will discuss and experiment. Learn problem solving, STEM, reasoning skills, engineering skills, creativity, setting goals meeting objectives, and construction. A great hands on activity to observe and try to correct impacts of an oil spill in waterways. Students will engage in discussion and record their observations and ideas for corrective measures. STEM projects help reinforce important life skills and help to potentially spark a lifetime interests in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Students will develop and reinforce counting, patterning, color identification, and reasoning skills. Encouraging the use of patterns, art, and STEM! The project also incorporates fine motor skills and discussion. Students will learn about gravity and the process of capillary action. Students observe reactions as the properties of various items mix. Students will develop theories, test their predictions, and discuss their findings as well as use an observation sheet to record and draw parts of the experiment. Students review the water cycle in the environment and discuss states of matter. STEM projects help reinforce important life skills and help to potentially spark a lifetime interests in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Next we discuss the three states of matter as well as vocabulary: matter, mass, volume, melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation.
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Supply List
Day One: One box regular spaghetti (not thin or angel hair), bag of mini-marshmallows, plain paper and a pencil. 

Day Two: A tray or dish a few inches deep, at least 6 x 8 inches, 3 cups of water, 1/4 cup cooking oil, food coloring, craft feathers, small rocks, feel free to use small, plastic animal toys, straws, cotton balls, one generic sponge we can cut into cubes, pencil
observation packet will be posted to the classroom to print prior to the class. Second project: 1 large white plate-edges slightly raised-slope to the center, 2 packs of plain M&Ms, Measuring cup (at least 1/4 cup in size). Will get warm water from tap-amount will vary based on plate size-adding a little bit at a time just to cover bottom of the plate

Day Three:  Please have 6 clear cups/glasses about the same size, water-about a pitcherful to fill each cup/glass, red, blue, green, and yellow food coloring, a roll of high absorbent paper towels, a spoon, pen or pencil. A day or two prior to the class please print the observation sheet to accompany the discussion and experiment. 

Day Four: Please have 1 large balloon, empty plastic water bottle, white vinegar, 2-3 spoonfuls of baking soda, small funnel, spoon, pen or pencil. Full fat milk -about 1 cup, Full cup skim milk -about 1 cup, Two wide, flat bottomed bowl or baking dish, Two different food coloring-child's choice. Dish soap-about a tablespoon, Cotton swabs-4 or 6. Also need A jar with lid. about 1/3 cup hot water, ice, aerosol hairspray, for experiment number two. 

Day Five: Jewelry beads-about 100. Pipe cleaners-about 6-8. Students can pick colors

Please have pencil. An observation packet will be posted to the classroom to print prior to the camp.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I served the Director of Ancillary Services tasked with planning and executing summer and winter camps at a PK-12 school. I hold a degree in Psychology and an MBA, a 150-hour master teacher certificate for teaching English as a second language courses and have served as a college counselor for almost 5 years advising students and families on the college acceptance process. I have taught middle school-math, reading and experimental science, have been an academic administrator in a Pre-K 12 school and was a founding director of a Learning Center.

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$60

for 5 classes
5x per week, 1 week
55 min

Completed by 40 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-9
5-7 learners per class

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