What is STEM?
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
STEM classes at RSM Christian School provide a dynamic and faith-integrated education that prepares students for the future. In Elementary and Junior High, we emphasize hands-on learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, fostering a love for discovery and innovation. Our curriculum is designed to not only meet academic standards but also to encourage students to see the beauty of God's creation through the lens of science and technology. By integrating Biblical principles with STEM education, we aim to develop students who are not only intellectually equipped but also spiritually grounded, ready to make a positive impact on the world.
What does STEM look like at RSM Christian School?
Students collaborate, create, design, succeed, fail, and go back to the drawing board to re-think deeply and try, try again! After they have investigated, and made conclusions, students then take their results to the technology to incorporate what they have learned into graphics, 3D print media, and more. Language arts is a key element of this process as students focus on the best ways to communicate their methods and outcomes.
TK through 5th grade:
- Focus on the engineering design process to solve real-world problems
- Unique lesson plans integrating classroom curriculum and STEM
- Introduction to coding for TK – 5th grades
6th grade:
- challenges students to identify and research real-world problems
- create a technology-infused campaign seeking to raise awareness
- Engineering and sustainability
- Robotics unit
Students develop online research skills, learn basic coding skills, practice video production and editing, and learn to present their original content in a dynamic, hands-on, and digitally focused context.
7th & 8th grades:
Each trimester offers a different STEM-related focus.
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Research of Mars, and challenges affecting astronauts' travel to and life on Mars, and culminates in building a model of a life-sustaining Mars base.
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The second-trimester focus is on Agriculture and includes a gardening project.
- Finally, the third trimester is all about robotics.
