STEAM Showcase

A STEAM Showcase is an opportunity for your child to le involved in the STEAM process. Through a STEAM Experiment or a STEAM Challenge, students will engage in the Scientific Process by asking a question or will engage in the Engineering Design Process as they try to find a solution to a problem.

Each experiment or challenge does not have to involve every aspect of STEAM, but should incorporate at least two areas. For example, their science experiment may be: "Which detergent is the best for getting out grass stains?" In this experiment, students could include the cost of each detergent, which would connect science and math. They could also graph their data, which would once again incorporate math, but could also include technology if the graph is made on a computer.

What is the difference between a STEAM Experiment and a STEAM Challenge?

• A STEAM Experiment is based on the Scientific Process. As students go through the Scientific Process they will investigate and study how things work.
• A STEAM Challenge is based on the Engineering Design Process. Just like engineers, as students go through the Engineering Design Process, they will design and create new products to solve a problem.

Some projects may involve both the scientific process and the engineering design process. That is okay!

However, if your goal is to design a new product, game, toy, or tool, then you should follow the Engineering Design Process.

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