This week, 3rd graders are coming to the lab to set up their STEM Portfolio Notebooks. This is something new for our 3rd Grade Satellites. The plan is for this notebook to house all the EDP (Engineering Design Protocol) Projects we do in our STEM Lab this year and, after that, over the next elementary school years. By the end of 5th grade, students should have a portfolio of their work in the STEM Lab. At this time, other grade levels house their EDP Projects in their Science Notebooks, so students have their work housed there to keep at the end of each year. We wanted to attempt a STEM Portfolio Notebook, and the faculty consensus was to start one in 3rd grade this year. We are looking forward to great results!
Another new plan is to have a STEM Lab Lead & Clean Crew made up of 4th- and 5th-graders. Leader In Me encourages students to apply for leadership responsibilities, so there will be an application process. The times will be similar to those of Safety Patrol in the morning and afternoon but not on every school day. Stay tuned for more information!
We are starting our first STEM lab on Monday, August 24th, in 4th grade with Oobleck Exploration – using what we know in Science about the properties of Matter.
Thank you for the STEM items dropped off at Meet the Teacher!

Please help us keep STEM donations useful! We love our school community’s enthusiasm for supporting the STEM Lab! To ensure donated materials can be used by students, please donate only items listed on our current request list. Materials for labs must be consistent due to lesson constraints. The donation bin is not intended for general recycling or miscellaneous items, and unfortunately, we can’t usually use unlisted materials. Every now and then, we will put out a request for an unusual item. Checking the list before donating helps us spend more time teaching and less time sorting. We truly appreciate your support!
Donation List
Duct Tape
Egg cartons
Toilet Paper Tubes
Paper Towel Tubes
Foam tray – if recycling, make sure it is washed.
Paper or foam plate
Foil
Wax Paper
Straws
Craft sticks or recycled popsicle sticks that you have washed
Rubber bands
Plastic Spoon, Plastic fork
Toothpicks
Index cards
Cotton Balls
Plastic cups or Styrofoam cups
Recycled boxes (cereal, granola box, macaroni boxes, etc.) Break apart so it lies flat. Amazon and other boxes are not easy to build with because they are too hard to cut.


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