High School Science Teacher, Ms. Doran, and 2^nd Grade Teacher, Ms. Engols, have put their heads together to create a special Friday program called STEAM Up! for 2^nd graders who have completed all of their work for the week.  The name of the program is a play on the acronym for “Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math” used in the education field.  These 2^nd graders are invited to the High School’s science classroom, where Ms. Doran and her high school student volunteers have a new science adventure ready every week.

The students listen as Ms. Doran tells them about a new scientific mission and the project that they must accomplish in order to complete the mission.  For example, if the students are on a mission to Mars to learn about the planet, they will need to construct rocket ships in order to get there (paper towel roll and tin foil rocket ships, that is)!  Another adventure might involve an Arctic expedition to study “core samples” and learn about polarity and the age of the Earth.  STEAM Up! takes science and art and creatively blends them together for a fun twist on learning.

Two of Ms. Engol’s students put the finishing touches on their rocket ships to Mars

One of Ms. Doran’s high school students assists a 2nd grader with taping her rocket together