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1.1 Students are engaged in interdisciplinary problem and/or inquiry-based STEM activities that focus on STEAM practices (creativity, communication, perseverance, problem-solving, collaboration, critical thinking skills, research skills, career focus).
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Sixth grade students completed an interdisciplinary STEAM project centered around the challenges surrounding the availability and use of water. Students began with research on the impacts of water scarcity as they prepared for a debate on the Tri-State battle between Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Next, they chose a method to improve the state of water usage and brainstormed, designed, and planned a partial solution to the problem. Finally, they built prototypes of their proposed solutions and presented them to their classes. The best solution in each class was then presented to the rest of the grade level.
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8th grade science students integrate physical science, engineering, technology, language arts and mathematical standards while designing, building, and presenting roller coasters design ideas for Six Flags. 
STEM students collaboratively build and program LEGO EV3 robots to successfully execute a variety of tasks. They must use their critical thinking skills to determine which design and programs will accomplish the given tasks most successfully. 6th grade STEM students researched and practiced being Civil Engineers by building bridges. The lesson incorporates collaboratively following the Engineering Design Process through research, design, building, testing, modifying, and reflection. In addition, students were required to maintain a materials budge.6th grade STEM students researched the importance and impact of renewable energies in todays world. They culminated the lesson by collaboratively design, building, and testing wind powered cars. Seventh grade math students engaged in an interdisciplinary project to build cardboard boats. As part of their study of composite shapes and figures, they used a combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes to create models of boats that used a specified amount of cardboard or had a specified volume. They next built paper models of their designed boats before designing them using the 3D CAD program, SketchUp. Finally, they built full size models of their boats from cardboard and duct tape and raced them in the pool at the Mountain View Aquatic Center.
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