Reflecting back on our EACAP project, our team had lots of fun going to Glenside Elementary to create STEAM activities for the kindergarteners to participate in. Our STEAM kits taught the students important topics about the environment and they also went along with what they were learning about in class. First, we met with the teacher who we teamed up with to figure out what topics we should make our projects relate to. She gave us a whole list of science topics they already covered or were going to cover. Our team had two visits at Glenside Elementary where we completed activities with the kindergarten students. Here, we split the classroom into different groups. At Ashley’s group she taught the students about the life cycle of a plant and they got to plant their own lima bean. At Vinny’s group, the students learned about habitats and specifically how birds create nest. On his poster, he included what birds make their nests out of. At Quinn’s group, students learned the components of the life cycle and were able to make their own rain in a cup to better understand how the water cycle works. At Caroline’s group, students learned about why recycling is important and water pollution. The students participated in a game where they had to race to pull trash out of a bucket filled with water and plastic sea animals to represent the ocean. In the lobby of Gaige, our group informed other classmates and the public about what our EACAP project consisted of. We believe we made an impact on the kindergarteners of Glenside Elementary. They seemed to take away a lot from the STEAM activities we created for them, and they also seemed to enjoy having younger people and new faces in their classroom. We hope everyone enjoyed it learning about what we did for our EACAP project!
