Project Description “As part of a STEM initiative, the library is implementing a drone workshop with our students. This first time interactive program will allow students to explore the social, […]
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Google Expeditions and Virtual Reality Viewers
Project Description The 8th grade team would like to use Google Expeditions as an immersive learning and teaching tool that will allow us and our students to go on Virtual […]
Read moreA Piece of Peace Parade #3: LIVE WELLfleet
Project Description The theme of this year’s parade is LIVE WELLfleet. The project entails a variety of projects throughout the school year culminating with a rally and parade to which […]
Read moreTrout in the Classroom
Project Description 8th grade students at ORR JHS are participating for the second year in the Trout in the Classroom Program. We will be raising Brook Trout from eggs and […]
Read moreWareham Honey Bee Project
Project Description The Wareham High School has had 2 Langstroth honey bee hives on its campus for the past 2 years. The hives are used in science and cross-curricular activities […]
Read moreCritical Habitats and Threatened Species Stewardship Project
Project Description The goal of the “Critical Habitats and Threatened Species Stewardship Project” is for all Grade 7 students at the Sandwich STEM Academy, to explore critical and unique coastal […]
Read moreVernal Sampling & Monitoring
Project Description The STEM Academy just recently completed construction of a vernal pool (June 2018), an outdoor living laboratory, on school grounds. This project was accomplished in conjunction with Mass […]
Read morePenikese Island Field Trip and Educational Experience
Project Description We are piloting this new field trip to broaden our experiences and match the Next Generation Science Standards, and Social Studies particularly in the field of Immigration, cultural […]
Read moreSTEAM: Minot’s Plant Musicians
Project Description Students will explore and compare plant communications using ” Music of the Plants”, an instrument that perceives the electrical impulses sent from the surface of a plant’s leaves […]
Read moreDeveloping Citizen Scientists
Project Description We hope to develop “citizen scientists” in our first grade so that they know they can impact our world by studying, observing and sharing their ideas with the […]
Read moreRaising Awareness about Rising Sea Level
Project Description I teach science to all of the 10th, 11th and 12th graders at the Cape Cod Collaborative Waypoint Academy School, located at the Wing School in Sandwich. This […]
Read moreCranberry Bog Outdoor Classroom Compost Project
Project Description The goal would be to establish a composting system at the school. Wareham Middle School has a unique STEAM program for 7th graders, which includes a mini-cranberry bog […]
Read moreSpadefoot Toad Headstarting Project
Project Description The goal of our program is to spark a passion for science and discovery, instill respect for endangered species in our students, support innovative STEM programming, and strengthen […]
Read moreSustaining and Protecting Our Local Estuaries
Project Description In the coastal estuaries of Chatham and Harwich, development over the past several decades has resulted in the buildup of substances, such as excessive nitrogen. This causes blooms […]
Read moreGrowing A Business
Project Description An Agriculture section has been added to the Biology, Geology and Environmental Science sections run at YMCA Camp Burgess in activity-based week-long focused sessions. One goal of the […]
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Pilot Compost
Project Description Nauset Middle School is one of the largest contributors to the Orleans landfill. The goal is to run a pilot composting program alongside the small amount of plant […]
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Gathering Up STEAM
Project Description STEAM is the integration of Art into traditional STEM education. In the 2016 school year we are piloting an interdisciplinary STEAM program the connects upcycling school waste to […]
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What A Relief!
Project Description The Maker Movement combines the “ingenuity ethos with modern technology and innovation.” Specifically, 3D printing brings visualization to difficult concepts such as scale, structure and function. Other difficult […]
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Vernal Pools: Restoring Wetlands Habitats
Project Description For the past three years, the Lawrence School 7th grade Science teachers have partnered with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to provide classroom instruction to approximately 250 7th graders […]
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Fishing for Life
Project Description -Promote service learning through fishing. -Explain and demonstrate fishing skills. -Explain and discuss the importance of the Recreation and tourism industry. -Research and discuss the importance of preserving […]
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Spadefoot Toad Citizen Science Project
Project Description The goal of the Spadefoot Toad Citizen Science project is to educate our students about local endangered species on Cape Cod. This project empowers young people to take […]
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SeaPerch Robotics
Project Description This request for funding will support a proposed Sea Perch project which will engage Middle Years Program (grades 5-8) STEAM students in the design, construction and operation/application of […]
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Aquaponics: It’s All About the Food
Project Description What better way to a student’s mind then through the belly? The goal of “It’s All About the Food” is to immerse 5th and 6th grade students in […]
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7Cs Greenhouse
Project Description Students will research, design, plan, and build a greenhouse out of recycled water bottles. While working on this project students will communicate effectively, work collaboratively, and demonstrate critical […]
Read moreClassroom Bivalve Aquaculture Project
Project Description Students will explore the mollusk life cycle by re-creating the conditions used by commercial hatcheries to grow and develop bivalve larvae. Students will explore seawater chemistry and make […]
Read moreSeaperch ROV Plus
Project Description The objective of our project is to have students build remotely controlled underwater vehicles that would use high quality probes, sensors and cameras to capture data in water […]
Read moreThere’s Something Fishy
Project Description The Freshman Biology classes at Bourne High School will be able to participate in the comprehensive, real world curriculum unit: “There’s Something Fishy – the Nitrogen Cycle.” Students […]
Read moreKids Care Composting Initiative
Project Description Parents and students with work together to learn and implement composting into our daily school activities. We will educate, collect and compost. In the spring we will utilize […]
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Eddy Elementary School 2 Farm
Our goals are to educate children at a young age the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling. It teaches them to be responsible and to develop vital habits that hopefully, […]
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The rain water collection project
Goals, objectives, and activities This project has three main goals. The first, to aid the students in providing clean, healthy vegetables for the school cafeteria. The second goal, to […]
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