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Check out our Project Lead The Way (PLTW) program at Americana School. PLTW encourages our students to think outside the box, challenge themselves and explore the possibilities that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics has to offer.
Welcome to Mrs. Rebac's
4th and 5th Grade
Interactive Classroom
5th GRADE NEWS
FALL 2017-18
The 5th Grade Gold Team (Mrs. DelMonaco, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Gravina and Mrs. Murphy's Classes) are learning about Robotics and Automation. They used the Robotics application to research a robot and created a Popplet Presentation to share with the class. TEAMS worked hard engineering their robot chassis. They did an AMAZING job!
SPRING 2018
Students on the 5th Grade Gold Team worked together to design and evaluate a robot that can remove a minimum of five hazardous materials (blocks) from a disaster site in under two minutes. Students worked collaboratively with a partner using engineering skills to design, sketch, and build a model of a toy using the VEX IQ components with at least one moving part. The 5th graders were so CRE8TIVE!
FALL 2017-18
The 5th Grade Blue Team (Mrs. Evans, Ms. Garen and Mrs. Zbylut's Classes) worked with a partner to design and perform an experiment to test the effectiveness of different hand washing methods. They followed the scientific inquiry process to collect and analyze data and draw conclusions. TEAMS used the Popplet app on the iPad to organize their research findings on patient zero. TEAMS presented their case studies to the class and did a FABULOUS job! SPRING 2018
Students on the 5th Grade Blue Team used pair programming to explore the application Tynker by building a game with a character that moves when you tilt the iPad. The character must dodgeballs while trying to capture the treasure. Students learned to break big problems down into smaller problems using the design process. The kids LOVED playing the dodgeball game that they programmed.
STEM HIGHLIGHTS
PLTW Launch students learn through exploration and discovery.
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Through PLTW Launch, the classroom comes alive when students become hands-on problem solvers and use a student-centered collaborative team approach. They begin each module with an engaging ebook story featuring the characters Mylo, Angelina and Suzi who introduce the challenge. Then, in a series of activities that build upon each other, students are challenged to become confident in trying new things, learn from mistakes, and apply what they know to find solutions during the project and real-world problem.
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FALL 2017-18
The 4th Grade Gold Team (Ms. Bauer, Ms. Glancey, Mrs. Garcia, and Mrs. Broker) learned that computers store information in binary (1s and 0s). and that text is represented with standard codes like ASCII. They learned about bitmaps, pixels and Run Length Encoding. They had fun solving binary and ASCII secret codes. They programmed an Alien game using the coding app TYNKER. Woot Woot Way to go! The students were super excited about programming their first game.
SPRING 2018
Students on the 4th Grade Gold Team learned about reaction tests, brain fitness, and how concussions can be identified early or prevented completely. They explored the various inputs and outputs of the human brain and the five senses by completing various activities. Making a brain model out of clay and identified the major regions was so much fun for the 4th graders. Finally, teams designed, planned, and created an iMovie to raise awareness about concussions. 4th graders are AWESOME movie makers!
FALL 2017-18
The 4th Grade Blue Team (Mrs. Burns, Mrs. DeConcillis, Mrs. Moretti and Mr. Schesvold) learned about potential and kinetic energy. They engineered a pendulum and vehicle to explore the relationship between the speed and energy of an object. Also, students explored elastic and inelastic collisions as they observed the energy transfer during collisions. The students did a Wonderful Job!
SPRING 2018
Students on the 4th Grade Blue Team used the engineering design process to develop a vehicle restraint system for an egg passenger. They applied their prior knowledge and predicted the transfer of energy as a result of the collision between the egg and brick wall. It was so EGGciting to see the engineers hard at work designing their seat belts and almost all eggs survived the collision without cracking up.
4th GRADE NEWS
STEM HIGHLIGHTS
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 Test egg passangers |  Egg LAB |  ROBOT |  Body Outline Coloring |  Preparing the ramps |  Pendulum |
 Vex pieces ready to build |  Robot Field | Energy Collision Group |  Getting Robot Components | Energy Collision Group | Egg LAB |
Test egg passangers | Robot Chasis | Pendulum | Vex pieces ready to build |  Class pict with ramps | Egg Passenger |