SPANISH STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN STEAM COMMUNITY PROJECT
( Left to right ): Kyle Bonham , Lily Hunter , Elise Turka and Amber Simeone show off their model of San Jose , Costa Rica .
SPANISH STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN STEAM COMMUNITY PROJECT
Students who study Spanish at Independence Middle School worked together in groups of four to participate in a STEAM Community Project .
During the month of December , each group was able to select a Spanish-speaking city and put together a three-part presentation about their city , with a focus on STEAM--Science , Technology , Engineering , Arts and Math .
They were charged with putting together a Google Slides Presentation , containing a title slide with the name of their city as well as the name of the group members ; and four STEAM-related slides .
For Science , the students had to create a slide about the weather in their city , including temperatures in Farenheit as well as Celsius , and filmed a video of them presenting the weather in Spanish . For Technology , the students used a 3-D printer to create a model of a monument that would typically be at the center of a Spanish city ’ s central plaza . They also had to create a Google slide with a picture of the monument that served as the inspiration for their 3-D model , as well as a paragraph about their city ’ s plaza .
For Engineering , one student served as the engineer / designer of the city , including creating a grid of their city with streets , a plaza and any other components he or she thought would be in their city , such as a beach or a park . Their Google slide contained a photo of their grid .
For Art , the students created a Google slide of images of the kinds of buildings that would be in their city and where these
( Left to right ): Jeremy Buehler , Chelsea Mariani , Alexander Remington and Austin Orzechowski and their model of Buenos Aires , Argentina .
buildings would be located . They also made models of 10 different buildings that would be in their city and placed them on the grid . They could use materials such as toilet paper rolls , boxes , construction paper , and cartons to create their model buildings . Some of the buildings included a church , house , restaurant , stadium , hotel , office and supermarket .
For Math , the students combined their Farenheit / Celsius conversions of the high and low temperatures of the weather forecast into the Science slide .
Each member of the group was responsible for one aspect of the STEAM project and they presented their part of the presentation in Spanish to their classmates .
The students were graded on their participation in the project , how well they integrated the STEAM components , and how well they spoke Spanish for their presentation to their classmates . The students in the classroom also had the opportunity to grade the other presentations , rating their visual presentation , the inclusion of all the STEAM elements , their organization and if the presentation made sense to them .
Some of the cities the students studied included Buenos Aires , Argentina ; Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic ; Madrid , Spain and El Alto , Bolivia .
The students are taught by IMS Spanish Teachers Senora Foster , Senora Schipani and Senorita Marchiano .
ethel Park
BETHEL PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT
( Left to right ): Sam Robinson , Jake Cook , Kate Sams and Danielle McDonald with their model of Madrid , Spain .
( Left to right ): Talia Rajasekar , Gabriella Johnson , Kylie Vetere and Demetrios Petrinos stand behind their model of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic .
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