STEAM Challenge #1 – Engineering a Rube Goldberg Video to Reveal “Communication”

Check out videos and highlights from Friday and vote for your favorite by clicking on the link to our google form below!

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8th grade Videos

7th grade videos

Comite’ Consultivo para Estudiantes Aprendices de Ingles

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ELAC)

Te necesitamos! / We need you!

WHAT is ELAC?

Each California Public School from Kindergarten through grade 12, with 21 or more English learners must form a functional English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC). The ELAC is a committee for parents or other community members who want to advocate for English Learners. The purpose of ELAC is to advise the school principal and the staff about the programs and services for students that are learning English as a second language.

Cada escuela pública de California desde el Kindergarten hasta el grado 12, con 21 o más estudiantes debe formar un Comité (ELAC) para asesorar en programas de aprendices de ingles. El ELAC es una Comisión de padres u otros miembros de la comunidad que quieren abogar por los estudiantes de inglés. El proposito de ELAC es aconsejar al director y al personal de la escuela sobre los programas y los servicios para los alumnos que estan aprendiendo ingles como segundo idioma.

ELAC Parent Meetings / junta ELAC de Padres

First Meeting will take place at 8:30am in the cafeteria on Tuesday September 4, 2018 /  Nuestra primera reunión es a las 8:30 am en la cafetería el martes 4 de septiembre de 2018 en la cafetería.

Questions: Please contact Lynn Barker at 628-4000.  Preguntas: Por favor contactar a Lynn Barker al 628-4000.

SOM needs you! / SOM Te necesitamos!

˜        Title I Parent Representative (DPAC) *elections required  

 Representante para el comité de padres para el programa Título I *se requiere voto

·         Responsibility:  Represent Southwest Middle School in organizing parent meetings regarding increasing student academic achievement. Participate in 9 district meetings.

·         Responsabilidad: Representar la escuela  Southwest Middle School en organizar juntas de padres para el mejoramiento académico de los alumnos. Participar en 9 reuniones en el distrito

˜        ELAC Parent Representative (DELAC) *elections required

Representante para el Comité Consultivo para Estudiantes Aprendices de Inglés*se requiere voto

·         Responsibility:  Represent Southwest Middle School in organizing parent meetings regarding increasing student academic achievement for English Learners. Participate in 9 district meetings.

·         Responsabilidad: Representar la escuela Southwest Middle School en organizar juntas de padres para el mejoramiento académico de los alumnos aprendices de Inglés. Participar en 9 reuniones en el distrito

˜        School Site Council (SSC) *elections required

Representante para el grupo consultivo, el Consejo Escolar (SSC) *se requiere voto

·         Responsibility:  Attend 6 meetings with other stakeholders to learn about and vote on the use of funds for improving student academic achievement.

·         Responsabilidad: Asistir juntas mensuales para aprender y votar sobre los fondos de programas Categóricos para mejorar el aprovechamiento académico de los alumnos

Questions: Please contact Lynn Barker at 628-4000.  Preguntas: Por favor contactar a Lynn Barker al 628-4000.

*We will hold elections on Thursday August 9^th during Open House.

Elecciones tomaran lugar el 09 de Agosto durante la Noche de Visita a la escuela

Engineering a Rube Goldberg Machine

Rube Goldberg was a political cartoonist who also drew cartoons that showed simple tasks performed in convoluted, indirect ways. Today, engineering students around the country have turned his cartoons into a competition.  The idea is to create a chain reaction that accomplishes a simple task.  I this first school-wide STEAM Challenge, students will be asked to create a cause and effect piece that will fit into an overall set of chain reactions within a whole class Rube Goldberg Machine.

STEAM Challenge #1 – create a whole-class Rube Goldberg machine that reveals the STEAM theme –  “Communication”.

Click on the image below to learn more and to take you to the STEAM Challenge materials:

Click on the links below for the video folders and Google critique form:

7th grade video folder

8th grade video folder

Google form for critiquing Class Contraptions

STEAM Challenge #1: Engineer a Rube Goldberg Machine designed to reveal “Communication”

Some examples of Rube Goldberg Machines:

Student Materials:

English

Spanish

Check out our schedule for the week, as well as the morning announcements for each day!

For our morning announcements, subscribe to our KSOM Southwest Middle Channel (or check back daily for the recorded show.)

July 31st

 

• Periods 2, 4, and 6 (Schedule A)
• Dismissal at 3PM
• Introduce STEAM Challenge # 1 during ELP
• International Students on campus
• Textbook Distribution

August 1st

• Periods 3-5-1  (Schedule A)
• Dismissal at 3PM
• International Students on campus
• Student Council @ 3:15 pm

August 2nd

• Periods 4-6-2 (Schedule A)
• Dismissal at 3PM
• International Students on campus

August 3rd

• Period 2 (Schedule D)
• Dismissal at 1PM
• STEAM Challenge # 1: Engineering a Rube Goldberg Machine
• End of 10 grace period for free lunches

AUGUST 4th

• Saturday Academies (8:00 am – 12:00 pm)

Highlights from last week

Building Relationships through Buccaneer Character Traits

iPad Deployment

Pep Assembly-

A great start to our year, revealing this year’s STEAM theme – “Communication”