Keystone AEA Makin' STEAM Event: Middle School STEAM Day 2018

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Keystone AEA hosted Middle School STEAM Days March 14th in Dubuque, IA and 15th in Elkader, IA to 200+ students and teachers from local schools. During that time, students participated in activities embedded in the 4C's of learning (creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration) with students from other schools.

The day began with a parachute drop challenge for school teams, then breakout learning sessions:

• Engineering: Use the mechanical engineering design process to build a basic pneumatic system to lift jelly beans.
• 3D Challenge: Use "CoSpaces" to create a 3D world then upload to a VR headset.
• Coding Challenge: Create code and power a project using the Micro:Bits
• Gaming Challenge: Create and build a bigger and better video game with Bloxels

Linked here is the agenda for the day as well as resources and planning tools for presenting a STEAM day in your school.

Check out the sessions in action:
SeeSaw blog-- posts by students during their explorations!

Dubuque

Elkader