STEM
Jackson Elementary
STEM Activities
By incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and Problem-Based Learning Activities into our everyday curriculum, our students are gaining the foundation they need for a bright and prosperous future.
Kindergarten
-Asset Kit Fabric Unit
-Asset Kit Push, Pull, Go
- Sink or Float, Apple building Boat activity (Prasko)
1st Grade
-Asset Kit Weather
-Asset Kit Solids and Liquids
2nd Grade
-Asset Kit Changes
-Asset Kit Balancing and Weighing
3rd Grade
-Asset Kit :Plant Development
-Asset Kit: Rocks and Minerals
-Penn State Kit: Embryology
-Scott Foresman Text
- Chapter 1-Plants and How They Grow
- Chapter 2- How Animals Live
-Chapter 3- Where Plants and Animals Live
-Chapter 4 - Plants and Animals Living Together
(Bloom- Stop Motion Video: Food Chain/Ecosystems)
-Chapter 7- Rocks and Soil
4th Grade
-Asset Kit Electricity
-Backpack Jack STEM activities
-Lakeshore STEM Tubs
- Force & Motion
- Car Designer Lab
- Plane Designer Challenge
- Quake Safe Structure Design
- Space Launcher Activity Lab
- Windmill Design Lab
- Marble Roller Coaster Design Lab
- Robohand Design
- Alarm Your Pencil Box Lab
-Stop Motion Lego Mini Movies
-Electronic Snap Circuit Activities
-Solar Cooker Design Challenge
5th Grade
-Asset Kit Electricity
-Asset Kit - Levers & Pulleys
-Asset Kit - Sinking & Floating
-Goldenrod Robotics Equipment
-K’nex Building sets - motorized amusement park rides & critters
-Backpack Jack STEM activities
-Penguins Foundation Hockey Scholar on-line and hands on activities
-Designed Christmas Tree Cup Towers & Index card towers to hold a specific load