STEAM In A Box is a series of curriculum-linked programmes for upper primary school kids - to inspire them to love STEAM subjects, while engaging their creativity, curiousity & giving them career aspirations!
Designed for 5th & 6th class age-group, all resources and online teacher training provided!
Great for teachers who are interested in introducing and integrating STEAM into their classroom and teaching practice while enriching both their students as well as their own STEAM and science/engineering, etc. knowledge, skills, methods and techniques in particular!
Lessons are all fun, hands on, collaborative and inclusive. Students will get the chance to be creative, work with a range of different materials, experiment and build models and have fun, all while you meet part of your science curriculum requirements!
Programmes are also designed to relate to the everyday lives of your students and provide real-world examples and daily uses of science, technology, engineering, arts and maths!
All 5 lesson programmes are designed to be taught approx. 1.5/2 hours per lesson but timing is up to the teacher - you could spend longer, especially if you are using a cross curricular approach.
Resources include lesson plans, materials, training, video support!
STEAM-in-a-Box Options include a number of science focused programmes, an engineering focused programme and a climate action focused programme!
HIGHLIGHTS
• Fully Resourced 5 Lesson Programme
• Fun, creative, hands-on, relevant science, tech, engineering, arts, maths
• Including training to teach it yourself ! [support provided]
• Available in English & Irish
Apply for a STEAM programme for your class (5th or 6th) today!
STEAM In A Box is a series of curriculum-linked programmes for upper primary school kids - to inspire them to love STEAM subjects, while engaging their creativity, curiousity & giving them career aspirations!
Designed for 5th & 6th class age-group, all resources and online teacher training provided!
Great for teachers who are interested in introducing and integrating STEAM into their classroom and teaching practice while enriching both their students as well as their own STEAM and science/engineering, etc. knowledge, skills, methods and techniques in particular!
Lessons are all fun, hands on, collaborative and inclusive. Students will get the chance to be creative, work with a range of different materials, experiment and build models and have fun, all while you meet part of your science curriculum requirements!
Programmes are also designed to relate to the everyday lives of your students and provide real-world examples and daily uses of science, technology, engineering, arts and maths!
All 5 lesson programmes are designed to be taught approx. 1.5/2 hours per lesson but timing is up to the teacher - you could spend longer, especially if you are using a cross curricular approach.
Resources include lesson plans, materials, training, video support!
STEAM-in-a-Box Options include a number of science focused programmes, an engineering focused programme and a climate action focused programme!
HIGHLIGHTS
• Fully Resourced 5 Lesson Programme
• Fun, creative, hands-on, relevant science, tech, engineering, arts, maths
• Including training to teach it yourself ! [support provided]
• Available in English & Irish
Apply for a STEAM programme for your class (5th or 6th) today!
We are now onto the last lesson of STEAM in a box in Powerstown Educate Together! The project has been really successful and has definitely had a really positive impact on the children and will have a positive impact in the school community.
The children has been engaging really well in the lessons. STEAM in a Box- Building blocks of biology has been a really hands on, active programme. The children have been asking questions, engaging in the scientific method by predicting, carrying out experiments, analysing information and drawing conclusions. The children learned about the characteristics of life, viruses, bacteria, cells, plants and animals. We are lucky to have hens in our school that made our lessons even more active.
As well as the children learning lots of new skills, another impact which it has had is that it has given the children an interest in the school garden. We learned about plants, animals and the characteristics of life through the programme and after teaching the lessons, I would bring the children to our geodome. The children have a great interest now in the school garden. The staff who run the school garden have noticed the interest and asked them to help them with jobs such as planting, watering, composting etc. It has been great to see the children develop such a passion for nature.
In Term 2 of the school year the children have been taken part in the lessons. In Term 3, they will help teachers in 5th class also carry out Steam in a Box. They will be assisting the teachers and the children in the class. In our school we put a large emphasis on peer tutoring and children being fully involved in the school community. We want for our older children to take on more responsibility.
Next year, we would love to use the funding to purchase an Engineering in a Box- which which focuses on Shelter, Structure and Infrastructure, Machines and Mechanisms, Engineering for Energy, Water and Waste Management, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic Engineering.
Here is our action plan.
Timeline- Month of January, we will meet as a team weekly to discuss progress. Steam in a Box is expected to send the boxes at the beginning of January.
Budget: The Budget will cover the cost of two boxes:
2 x Building Blocks of Biology Boxes [Teacher Led] for Year 1.
Building Blocks of Biology Programme - Focuses on living and non-living things including viruses, cells, plants, animals (biodiversity)
Expected impact: We would like to create a positive attitude towards STEAM in the school and community. We would like to build problem-solving skills, questioning, collaboration and synthesising skills in the children. Our aim is that the older children (6th class) use their new skills to teach the younger classes about the human body, animals and plants. They will complete workshops with younger classes with the support of their class teachers. The aim is also that the older children can take control of caring for the plants in the geodome ( a programme in which members of the community also participate in).