Fall 2019 STEAM Activities

The Joule Foundation is determined to finish this year strong! We have redesigned our STEAM workshops to complement what students are learning in class. In addition to the workshops, each school will get to experience one learning event of their choice, such as an educational movie viewing or a STEAM site tour.

Project Overview

The following are workshops we are running and the principles they aim to introduce:

• Physics: CATAPULT
  Structural design, momentum, conservation of energy, targeting, accuracy
  and precision in engineering design
• Chemistry and Geography: VOLCANO
  Evolution of volcanos, use of chemical reactions to represent geophysical
  activities
• Biology and Chemistry: DNA SEQUENCING
  DNA sequencing and extraction
• Physics: ELECTRICITY and CONDUCTIVITY
  Electrical conductivity and circuitry
• Math: LINEAR REGRESSION
  Graphing, linear regression, design of a bungee jumping activity

Each workshop is designed not only to expose and broaden the practicality of in-class learning, but also to illuminate the possibilities of future academic pursuit and prospective career paths