STEAM Report Student/Parent information sheet

MSAS Learning Labs (Arts and Sciences) S.T.E.A.M. Report

Student/Parent Information Sheet

This year all students (K-6) will work on weekly projects in the MSAS Learning Labs.  The projects will be fun hands-on experiments and art creations.  They will relate to our new S.T.E.A.M. focus that mixes the sciences with the arts.  After each week the students will create a S.T.E.A.M. report for a grade.  In the report they will talk about how they feel the project of the week relates to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (S.T.E.AM.).  (See examples below) The reports will be due every Tuesday during their Learning Labs class time.  If a student does not return their report in on time, they will miss Art the next day. 

Students in Kindergarten and First grade can dictate their answers and the parents can write their responses on the report page.  The responses should be at least two sentences for each area.

Students in second grade and third grade will handwrite their responses and they should be at least three sentences for each area.

Students in fourth grade and up will handwrite their responses, and each response should be a paragraph (5 sentences) in length.

Examples of how you could relate a project to the following areas:

S- Science	In the project did you have to use any scientific knowledge?  Did you use any Lab materials (Beakers, test tubes, balances, etc.)?  Did you have a guess or hypothesis about a part of the project?
T- Technology	Were computers used in the project?  What technology or gadgets were used?  How did the technology used affect the project’s outcome?
E- Engineering	Did you build something?  How did you construct a piece of the project?  Did you have to have an outline, idea or blueprint for a part of the project?
A- Arts	What types of Arts were used in the project?  Did you paint, sculpt, dance, sing, etc.? Did you have to use your artistic eye to design a part of the project?
M- Mathematics	What math was used during the project?  Did you have to measure or weigh anything?  Did you have to count or calculate any data?