Help me give my students the Newtons' Law STEM kits which will provide hands-on exploration and build working models such as a ballistic catapult, a gravity fan, a collision car, a moving cabin, a balloon-powered plane, etc.
My school is a Title I school where students are culturally diverse. About 80% of the students commute from an outlying area of 112 square miles to the campus. Due to the COVID pandemic, our school is eligible for a free breakfast and lunch.
Despite the odds, students are resilient and interested in hands-on activities when exploring and available resources.
Therefore, nurturing interest and creativity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines among my kids is one of my professional goals. This goal is aligned with our school initiatives to nurture community, career, and college readiness among our students.
My Project
The art of science teaching and learning is no longer confined to the specific content areas but the integration of science, technology, engineering, and math pedagogy. This project will provide a fun, intentional, and authentic hands-on learning experience to all my physical science students as they learn Newton's Laws.
Furthermore, students will be able to internalize potential and kinetic energy concepts and how energy is transformed from one form to another; thus, students will draw personal and real-life connections as they are building the various models.
In addition, students will be learning and appreciating the great contribution of Sir Isaac Newton in the field of science, which served as the basis for classical mechanics.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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