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Mrs. Estrada's Classroom

  • Holder School
  • Buena Park, CA
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.

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My 4th and 5th grade students love STEM! We frequently use the online program Mystery Science in our classroom. These NGSS-aligned lessons present science concepts in an engaging and thought-provoking manner. The lessons always include some sort of exploration and experimentation for the students to complete. For example, in one lesson the students create a model of a human eyeball using lenses and cardstock. Then they are given the opportunity to test their model eyeball in various conditions to discover for themselves how and why it works! While we love these lessons, our class does not have the materials we need to complete the experiments for ourselves. We are in need of a variety of items like paper plates, cups, glue, toothpicks and twine in order to complete these awesome projects. Putting materials like balloons, chalk, batteries, and flashlights in my students’ hands would allow them to experience these STEM concepts first hand, rather than passively from a book or computer screen. The processes of designing and testing models, hands on experimentation, and working through failures to find new solutions also builds problem solving abilities and grit. It may even spark college or career aspirations in a STEM field.

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My 4th and 5th grade students love STEM! We frequently use the online program Mystery Science in our classroom. These NGSS-aligned lessons present science concepts in an engaging and thought-provoking manner. The lessons always include some sort of exploration and experimentation for the students to complete. For example, in one lesson the students create a model of a human eyeball using lenses and cardstock. Then they are given the opportunity to test their model eyeball in various conditions to discover for themselves how and why it works! While we love these lessons, our class does not have the materials we need to complete the experiments for ourselves. We are in need of a variety of items like paper plates, cups, glue, toothpicks and twine in order to complete these awesome projects. Putting materials like balloons, chalk, batteries, and flashlights in my students’ hands would allow them to experience these STEM concepts first hand, rather than passively from a book or computer screen. The processes of designing and testing models, hands on experimentation, and working through failures to find new solutions also builds problem solving abilities and grit. It may even spark college or career aspirations in a STEM field.

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