TES STEM

4th grade students demonstrated how the rotation of the Earth and the Sun's position in the sky cause shadows to change throughout the day. Students used LEGO figures (to represent themselves) and flashlights (to represent the sun).

Ms. Ally and Ms. Makayla's 2nd grade classes are getting into STEM!

What a great night of STEM & Literacy Combined! More pictures to will be posted soon!

Come out and join the fun!

Mrs. April's 4th grade class carried out a demonstration to model the over consumption of limited resources. Students also analyzed the data of other groups, and determined why some groups depleted their resources before the end of the activity.

Mrs. Lee's 1st grade class read the book "Pumpkin Jack", and then carried out an experiment on the cycle of energy. I can't wait to see their pumpkin plant in the spring!

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TES STEM page is now up and running for the 2023-2024 school year!

First graders in Project Inspire were challenged to provide a bridge for 20 bears with only 4 small cups and 4 large popsicle sticks.

Fourth-grade students reviewed informational essays by reading about insect eating around the world and even got to experience it themselves!

Since Friday was St. Patrick’s Day, Ms. Miranda’s students used engineering to replicate designs using Lego bricks. It looks like the students had a great time!

Mrs. Stephanie Cavness King and Mrs. Mallory Reid’s class went to the STEM Lab and built leprechaun traps after reading the book How to Trap a Leprechaun. The kindergarten students looked like they had a great time!!

Fourth grade students had a great time in the STEM Lab demonstrating wavelengths using jump ropes and a Slinky. We discussed wavelengths, amplitude, transverse waves, and longitudinal waves.

Since Friday was St. Patrick’s Day, students in the Project Inspire after school program used engineering in STEM this week. First, second, third, and fourth grade students used cards of designs and tried to replicate those designs using Lego bricks.

First, second, third, and fourth grade Project Inspire students learned how to code with VEX123 robots. It’s fun to see the robot not do what they “told” them to do. Then we go over their coding pattern and they learn how to debug or figure out what they did wrong. So much fun learning a new skill!!

Mrs. Jessica Lawson and Mrs. Sheronda’s third grade students read the book Poppy. As their culminating activity, they explored owl pellets. As you can see, some students enjoyed it more than others. 😂

Fourth graders worked with open and closed electric circuits with Christmas lights and a small motor with a fan. We used AA batteries to show a closed circuit and make the light work and then used a small motor with a fan to demonstrate a closed circuit. We even compared using a AA battery and a 9 volt battery with the motor to feel the difference in potential energy provided by each.

Thank you to Mrs. Tricia Wozny and our third & fourth grade Project Inspire students for cleaning out our raised beds this past week! I can’t wait to see what Mrs. Tricia will be planting in them this year.

I had such a great time at the West TN Education Summit today promoting our STEM programs at TSSD! I had a lot of positive feedback as well. Thank you to Jennifer Walls and WestTeach for allowing me to come share information about STEM.

Thanks for everyone who turned out for a great night of activities for TES students!

Thank you so much to the faculty and staff of TES for such a successful STEM/Literacy night! Our community turned out in record numbers with around 450 parents and students attending tonight’s event. Thank you to everyone who took out time to attend.

So excited about this Thursday!! We hope to see lots of our students!

Project Inspire Jan. 23-26
Celebrating 100 days in school making something out of 100 (or more) items. The same items but so many different designs from our students!

Project Inspire Jan. 17-19
Making snowflakes with small marshmallows. Making fake snow with baking soda and shaving cream. Messy but so much fun!

Project Inspire Jan. 9-12
Exploding snowmen! So much fun!

More pictures of our great field trip today!

Fourth grade had a great time at PHS today. We visited the indoor facility and the Hook. We were able to see the STEM students’ roller coasters, use LEGO bricks to code, watch how Tinkercad works, and learn how to fly a drone. Thank you Ben DiChiara, Anna Shelton, and Peabody STEM students for doing a great job today!!

We had so much fun at STEMtacular last night at Peabody! Balloons over Broadway was a hit! The kids had such fun decorating their balloons! I have to give a shout out to Lois Ellison, April Merando, Cindy Haney, and Natalie Timbes for your help. Thanks to Ani Staser for the idea and Laura Carter for helping Lois and me with the banner. Thanks to the PHS STEM ladies for inflating lots of balloons and creating the banner letters!

Fourth grade is studying about weathering, erosion, and deposition in science class. To get a better understanding about weathering, students used sugar cubes to simulate the process of weathering over several years. The students made predictions and then wrote about how the sugar cubes looked after weathering. Some students were much more aggressive at weathering than others. 😁

This is a great event for our TES students! It will be this Thursday night at Peabody! We would love to see lots of our students for a fun night!

Only 5 days away!!!! At PHS… FREE!!