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ATLAB STEM ACADEMY
NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2017
http://www.atlabstemacademy.ae/

STEM Literacy
A STEM-literate student is not
only an innovator and critical
thinker, but is able to make
meaningful connections between
school, community, work and
global issues. A STEM-literate
high school graduate can enroll
in a college-level course of
study in science, technology,
engineering, and math without
the need for remediation.
STEM skills are increasingly
necessary to engage in a
knowledge-based economy. There
is solid evidence to suggest that
the fastest-growing and highestwage
jobs in future years will be
in STEM fields and all employees
will need to utilize STEM skills for
problem solving in a wide range of
industries.

April Week 1
Grade 1:Familiarization with
Math Café Set
Students designed their
favorite food like candy, ice
cream, Birthday cakes etc.
All students came up with
very unique & creative ideas.
Grade 2:Familiarization
with Math Café
Students designed their
favorite food like candy,
ice cream, Birthday cakes
etc. All students came up
with very unique &
creative ideas.

April Week 1
Grade 3:Familiarization with
Wedo 2.0
Students designed pedestal fan
using their own imagination.
They programmed motor to run
fan at different speed and for
different duration

April Week 1
Grade 4:Familiarization with
Simple & Powered Machine
Students designed wheel & axle
arrangement and gave
presentation on where they
have seen application of wheel
& axle in real world. Students
came up with amazing designs.

April Week 1
Grade5:Soils are alive
Students used pH sensor and conduct an
experiment to check how pH affects the
growth of the plant. They also built their
3 castles & kept it for drying the next
week.

April Week 1
Grade 6: Gear Box
Students understood the application of prime
factors in real life. One of the best
applications is to design a Gear box which is
available in automobiles, Gear mechanism
available in clocks. They used different gear
combinations with certain gear ratio and
understood how different sizes and position
of gears affects the movement.

April Week 1
Grade 7:Scratch Cell Animation
Students were introduced to
make Animation using Scratch.
They learnt the flow of
programming and designed
animated movie of Plant cell or
Animal cell showing movement of
different parts of cells.
Grade 8:Scratch The cell
Students were introduced to design
quiz and game using scratch. They
learnt the flow of programming and
designed a Cell game using the
software.

April Week 2
Grade 1:My First Ride
Students design any one
ride of their choice that
they have seen in
playground or theme parks.
Students used their
imagination and creativity
to design rides using
different tools.

April Week 2
Grade 2:Living & Non Living things
around us
In this activity, students were
asked to design society including
living & non-living things available
in the society. Students came up
with really amazing presentations
showing how man made things
affects human life and what are
their benefits.
Grade 3: Farm with Living & Non Living
Students were asked to design farm
including living & non - living things. They
came up with lot of different ideas showing
man made things available in farms and their
benefits

Grade 5: Soil and Erosion
Students investigated how different factors
in the nature causes soil erosion and what
can we do to stop it. They will carry out a
hands-on experiment which will give them a
clear idea on how plants help in keeping the
soil fixed by holding it together using their
roots.
April Week 2
Grade 4: Terrestrial Plants
Students designed a trundle wheel and
explore the working mechanism by
measuring few objects from the
classroom. They also explored the
mechanism to run trundle wheel

April Week 2
Grade 6: Make my Ruler
Students used their knowledge of
fractions & decimals and design
device to measure physical
quantities of measurement i.e.
Ruler. Students designed their
own Ruler.
Grade 7:Introduction to Software
Students were introduced to basics
of Lego EV3 programming to
program their projects and robots
in order to move motor for
different functions.
Grade 8:Introduction to Software
Students were introduced to basics
of Lego EV3 programming to
program their projects and robots
in order to move motor for
different functions.

April Week 3
Grade 1: What’s inside me
Students learnt about their
body parts. Later they
designed their favorite
character and explained
their body parts
Grade 2: Plant seed & Discuss
Habitat
Students were asked to sow few
seeds and assigned different
condition for same seed: With
Soil and water, only sand, only
water. Later they did prediction
about the growth of seed in
upcoming weeks. Also, they
designed habitat required for
that seed to grow easily and at
faster rate.

April Week 3
Grade 3: Living Things Breathe!!
Students detected variation in
Carbon dioxide level using Sensor
after different physical activities.
They understood living things
breathe in and out. Also, they
observed variation in Carbon dioxide
level by comparing 4 digit number
and arranged all activities in a
sequence arranging the values in
descending order.
Grade 4: Stick to Your Roots
Students designed trundle wheel to
measure circumference of the bark
of a tree using DBH (diameters at
breast height) and calculate the
approximate age of the tree.
Grade 5: Soil & Water Erosion
Students investigated how
different factors in the nature
causing soil erosion and what can
we do to stop it. They did
hands-on experiment which gave
them a clear idea on how plants
help in keeping the soil fixed by
holding it together using their
roots.

April Week 3
Grade 6: Touch me not!!
Students learnt about the
movement of various plants.
Students will design prototype of
Mimosa plant and will program
same to show nastic movement.
Grade 8: Square with EV3
Students were introduced to EV3
Brick programming that can be done
without using any laptop. Students
used motors to move robot on
square path.
Grade 7: Touch me not
Students learnt about the
movement of various plants.
Students will design prototype of
Mimosa plant and will program same
to show nastic movement

April Week 4
Grade 1: Robohand
Students designed model of
Robohand. They tested
how effective grip is
required to hold any
object. They tested their
project by moving different
size balls from one position
to the other.

April Week 4
Grade 2: Plant seed & Discuss Habitat
Students were asked to sow few seeds and
assigned different condition for same seed:
With Soil and water, only sand, only water.
Later they did prediction about the growth of
seed in upcoming weeks. Also, they designed
habitat required for that seed to grow easily
and at faster rate.
Grade 3: Life Cycle of animal
In this activity, students
were asked to show different
phases of life cycle of
different animals existing in
the universe

April Week 4
Grade 4: What’s My Habitat?
In this activity, students applied their
knowledge related to animals, plants &
their habitat to design Habitat for
different plants & Animals using basic
mathematical calculations as per the
defined design criteria.

April Week 4
Grade 5: Rock & Soil
In this activity, the students will test a different rock or mineral
sample using the following tests: Streak test, magnetism,
hardness/scratch, luster, texture, colors. Evaluate how the rocks are
formed, from their learning in class and estimate the value of each
rock/mineral that they have.
Grade 6: Testing Of Nutrients
Students understood the critical role
that certain nutrients play in human
health. Students will work in groups
to analyze sample diets, each of
which has too much or not enough of
a particular nutrient. Additionally,
students analyzed the prevalence of
specific nutrition-related behaviors
among students.

April Week 4
Grade 7: Fishing Rod
In this activity, students will build
a fishing rod and measure the area.
Through this activity students will
learn the applications of simple and
power machines. The students will
also understand the concepts of
‘Fractions’.
Grade 8: Centrifugation
Students constructed a
centrifugal apparatus using
Simple and Powered Machine for
separation of substances
dissolved in water. The
students explored different
gearing mechanism for
increasing the speed for
centrifugation.