P.S. 160 The Walt Disney Magnet STEAM School

STEAM - Collaborative Research

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  Web of kindness

  Third grade shows kindness toward one another.

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  Each One Teach One; “We share what we’ve learned with you”

  Fourth grade students support third grade students with math.

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  NYC Park Rangers- Ecosystem

   

   

  The students learned about the Ecosystem, the complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships.

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  Exemplars -" A powerful performance material for developing critical thinking, reasoning and communication skills in mathematics."

    Students work with a partner to develop their high-order thinking skills.

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• Peer Teaching

   

  Peer teaching is a method by which one student instructs another student.  The benefit is peers and students share a similar discourse, allowing for greater understanding.  "Research also indicates that peer learning activities typically yield the following results for both tutor and tutee: team-building spirit and more supportive relationships; greater psychological well-being, social competence, communication skills and self-esteem; and higher achievement and greater productivity in terms of enhanced learning outcomes."

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• Library checkout encourages reading

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• Collaborative Learning

  Learning Collaboratively Helps Students

  
   
  Students have the opportunity to work and collaborate together to learn and grow from each other. Collaborative learning has been shown to not only develop higher-level thinking skills in students, but boost their confidence and self-esteem as well.

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• Why Research?

  Research help students improve reading skills. It helps students develop critical thinking and reasoning skills as they collect sources for their writing.

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• New York City’s Water System

  The students learned how New York City gets its water from reservoir to tap. They also as engineers constructed model aqueducts.

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• STEAM Challenge

  Students worked with a partner to build the longest chain, using one piece of construction paper.

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• Properties of Matter-Invisible Ink

  The students learned how to write a secret message using lemon juice. Lemon juice is an acidic and weakens paper. When the paper is heated, the remaining acid turns the paper brown and reveals the message. 

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