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3rd-5th Grade
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Why do we wear clothes?

4/20/2020

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Welcome back to another great week of STEM learning! Hopefully you have MANY answers to the question, "Why do we wear clothes?" but this week we are tying our need to clothe ourselves with the 3rd grade science and study of HEAT! In 3rd grade, students learn to use tools and every day materials to design and construct a device/structure that will increase/decrease the warming effects of sunlight on various materials (S3P1.c). They also study the mathematical concept of AREA , which will be important for our challenge today (MGSE3.MD.6).  

Materials:  paper bag     clothespins     paper towels     plastic spoon      string       pencil     paper
**These materials are listed for our activity, but please use whatever you have! This is a great activity for getting creative and using what's available! 

Just as great scientists start their studies with reading, so do we! Here's a great book about the sun's energy!
This week, we have a second very exciting video to share with you.  This video is interactive, so discuss what you think with your parents when the video stop and asks you questions!  Enjoy taking a little time to learn about heat and the different reasons that we use different types of materials.

This video will also be introducing our challenge for today!  Listen closely at the end, and if you miss it, just read below for a recap.  Click on the picture to go to the Mystery Science video.  This link will work until June 30th.
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Here's a recap of your STEM challenge for this week!  You are going to be using simple materials to make a HAT to keep you cool.  You learned in the video that hats made for keeping us cool have a stiff brim to shade us from the sun.  Once you've made your hat, you're going to try and find the area of your brim to make sure you've made the best use of your materials.  Ask yourself, how can I arrange my materials to make the best hat for shading myself?  Take some time to brainstorm ideas.  Use your materials to create your hat.  Step outside on a sunny day and see if it provides the shade you'd hoped.  Evaluate: Does my hat shade my head and neck in the best way possible?  Take some time to improve your design!

If you can, snap a picture of you in your hat and share it on social media!  We would love to see your amazing creations on Twitter (@stemcobb) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/Stemcobb). 
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Brian Clair link
10/5/2020 12:43:41 am

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