Coffee, Tea & Sustainability: Gabbianos Share Their Media Messages

Today the hardworking and very creative students from Casolare 4 presented their hand-crafted media messages to their peers, Mr. Kimpan, Teacher, Mrs. Russell, TFC STEM Education Coordinator, and Mrs. Bianchi, JBD Principal.  The students were nervous but had prepared for many days and weeks.  Note the smiles and wonderful comments from their peers.

Where do we go from here?  Our STEAM Expo is in April and this is where the final products will be displayed.  Today students talked about ways to build on the momentum generated by these media messages by:  creating robotic devices to assist with recycling, developing a class produced public service announcement to show on Dey's morning news, and by adding elements such as augmented reality to their creations to help give their audience ideas for what to do with non-recyclable items! 

There are many, many learning standards packed into these STEAM design challenges.  However, I am sure the students are delightfully unaware of how much they have learned and will continue to learn over the course of this year!  Please do ask your expert on recycling about the 5Rs of recycling.  Please do comment here about ways your family contributes to the sustainability of natural resources.