STEAM Projects in School

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Steam Graphics credit: stevensonj.net

STEAM Education is education that is based on 4 subject areas...

These are Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. These subject areas have found their way into our daily activities. Science is everywhere around us, in the weather, the germination of flowers in our gardens, and the functions of our own bodies. Technology has never been more crucial. Our phones, rail stations, multimedia classrooms etc all run on technology. Engineering brings us to school everyday in our cars, the roads and bridges, and even the power supply in our homes. Art controls our creativity, it's found in the imaginative power of our thoughts. Finally Mathematics is used in every aspect of our lives, measurements, counting of money and even as simple as time-keeping.

At CEDEC International Schools, we believe that infusing STEAM projects into our curriculum would aid our students' exposure into real life STEAM-related concepts. We also believe that it provides concrete lessons for our learners, and makes it fun so that their interests are developed to pursue careers in STEAM fields.

Our STEAM projects allow our students see learning beyond the classroom. We have activities that show real-life applications of STEAM. These help our students conceptualise the ideas taught in school, and see how they are able to solve real-life problems.

In the just concluded 2018 summer school, we had our children of different ages participate in some STEAM related projects. These helped the students see the importance of their classroom-knowledge to their future and the future of the world as a whole. We observed that working on these projects enhanced their interests in otherwise abstract concepts. Here are a few pictures of our Summer School students, and their projects. These projects were built using mostly discarded materials and everyday household items.

NURSERY SCHOOL

Our KG 2 - 3 built 2 kinds of bridges. A pedestrian bridge, and a vehicle bridge. The students aged 3 - 5 made the individual triangles individually, and their teachers helped them with the coupling of these triangles to form the bridge.

SECONDARY SCHOOL

The Secondary school built a manually-powered generator, and a battery-powered miniature house.