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Saint Anne School STREAMlines Curriculum
he faculty and staff at Saint Anne
School in Castle Shannon have been
aggressively incorporating STREAM
(Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering,
Art, Math) initiatives into every aspect of the
curriculum. Some examples of the STREAM lessons,
from the youngest students to the oldest, are
highlighted here:
➤ The preschool students learned about the
life cycle of a butterfly and the importance of
butterflies in pollination. They viewed a video
of monarch butterflies migrating to Canada from
Mexico; located Mexico, North America, and Canada on a map;
and tracked the migration path of the butterflies. The class
worked cooperatively to count butterflies in groups and make
butterfly headbands and paper flowers with straws to replicate
how butterflies drink nectar from flowers.
➤ A STREAM lesson in kindergarten involved the students reading
“The Three Little Pigs” and then building their own houses using
candy and toothpicks. Kindergarten instructor Mrs. Belsterling
then “tested” the strength of each house using the “big, bad
wolf” blow dryer. “The students were very excited when their
houses stood up to the big, bad wolf,” said Mrs. Belsterling.
➤ In first grade, instructor Miss Skrip introduced a “place value
robot” to the class who helped the students understand
ones and tens in a dynamic, engaging way. The lesson also
incorporated learning about robots, participating in an
interactive PowerPoint, and working cooperatively to create
and build place value robots.
➤ A lesson titled “Pendulum Painting” incorporated many
aspects of the STREAM initiatives for
the 6th grade students. The painting
technique involved the forces of
motion and gravity. The students
viewed a PowerPoint lesson on what a
pendulum is, how it works, and learned
about the engineering and physics
connection through Newton’s First Law
of Motion. The students then created
spiral artwork by manipulating the
path of a suspended container of paint
so that it could swing freely back and
forth. Finally, the students explored
mathematical patterns in nature in relation to
the pendulum’s motion.