Middle school students have been engaged in various S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) projects throughout the school year. Students who designed Sled and Tetrahedral kites and demonstrated the kite's ability to soar at various rates uploaded their videos to FlipGrid. Student videos were rated based upon their engineering skills, scientific evidence of trials, and outcomes.
The 6th-8th grade students, members of The Aerospace S.T.E.A.M. Academy, have the opportunity at The Varnett Public School to engage in hands-on, project-based learning of aerospace curriculum through a S.T.E.A.M. approach.
The Aerospace curriculum uses scientific methods as its foundation of project exploration while integrating math, reading and writing content with science content.
Aerospace Project #6 Tetrahedral Kite participants were:
- Kimberly Santos-Prezas
- Nallely Rodriguez Portillo
- Nataly Caceres Canales
- Joash Pereira
- Dania Varela Leon
- Angela Flores-Cardenas
- Franklyn Castellanos Hernandez
- Mike Maldonado
- Mike Cerrato Barahona
- Brian Perez
- Zoe Martinez Buezo
Awardees of projects submitted in were:
Project #6: Tetrahedral Kite Winners:
- Zoe Martinez Buezo
- Kimberly Santos-Prezas
- Nataly Caceres Canales
- Franklyn Castellanos Hernandez
- Brian Perez
- Maria Oliva, 8th Grade Northeast
All students were gifted a certificate. Winners were also gifted a robotics kit to continue to engage in Aeronautical applications at home.