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Category: Grade 5 – Boat-Themed Course

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 12 – Electric Boats

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

Disclosure: We ran out of time so we didn’t get to this class. Students will now attach a mini electric motor to their foam/clay boat…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 10 – Paddle with Boats (No photos yet)

Posted on November 19, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

This week students will learn alternative ways to move. Students will learn about the concept of potential vs kinetic energy by making a rubber band…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 9 – Aquathruster (no photos yet)

Posted on November 12, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students will learn about the concept of thrust and simple chemistry. Students will make an “aquathruster” or speed boat using film canisters. Poke a small…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 8 – Buoyant Boats Part 2 – The Submarine

Posted on November 5, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

Last week teach about the concept of buoyancy. We can extend last week’s inquiry to be a bit deeper. Extended Inquiry Question: Can we manipulate…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 7 – Buoyant Boats Part 2 – The Submarine

Posted on October 29, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

We continued to reinforce the concept of buoyancy. This time we used a submarine to learn how Engineers control and manipulate buoyancy. Inquiry Questions: What…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 6 – Buoyant Boats Part 1

Posted on October 22, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

So this week wasn’t too special. We reviewed at the beginning of class and the students got right to making foil boats. However, this time…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 5 – Buoyant Boats Part 1

Posted on October 22, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students will start to learn about the concept of buoyancy. This took 4 weeks! Using aluminum foil, students will make different shapes and sizes of…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 4 – Model Boat

Posted on October 15, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students will make a model boat using foam or clay. The boat should resemble their favorite boat found at the naval museum, but if the…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 3 – Presentation Time!

Posted on October 8, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students will be given 3-5 minutes to present their poster to the class. Refer to week 2 for instructions. A guideline can be seen below.…

Grade 5 - Boat-Themed Course

Week 2 – Qingdao Naval Museum Field trip

Posted on October 1, 2019March 5, 2020 by Deviatorz

I organized a trip (led by Mr. Richard again) to our local naval museum. Of course, this can’t just be a random day to have…

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Tim Kwok

Welcome to my site! Feel free to look around to see what I've done in my classes. Here you will find ideas to my Theme-Based Approach to STEAM inquiry.
Pic: Setting up my Coffeeology course.

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