Week 2 STEM Summer Camp 2021 Recap

This week from Monday, July 26th to Friday, July 30rd, we focused on the Scientific Method a procedure of natural science that helped scientists acquire knowledge through observations and assumptions.

The scientific knowledge has 6-7 seven steps, which include asking a question, conduction background research, formulating a hypothesis, creating a procedure to experiment on the topic, analyzing results, restating and revising the hypothesis to conclude the experiment, and communicating your findings.

The students had a fun time learning how scientists solve problems and each had a turn to solve their own real-life science problem in class. Towards the end, we all played a fun online game revising what we learned that day and the previous week's main topics.

Grades 3-4

The third and fourth graders picked up quickly on the basic concepts of problem solving and were able to answer question on what would happen next in the scientific method. We wrapped up playing a fun Gimkit (a new game for most of us).

Grades 5-6

We continues teaching the fifth and sixth graders, but taught them what control groups and constants were, leveling up their understanding of the scientific method. We concluded the class with a Blooket game, which is a question answer game with a Clash Royale twist.

Grades 7-8

We dug even deeper with the sevenths and eighth graders, showing them the difference between 'affect' and 'effect' when asking a question and the meaning of independent and dependent variables in our hypothesis. We finished with another Gimkit (in the Thanos and Infinity Stones mode), which covered energy from the previous week and the vocabulary from this week.

Watch out, next week, we will be incorporating the Scientific method in our design and tech projects!