DISTRICT 75 - STEM DEPARTMENT

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
Queens
Q004
Panda Power-Up With Produce
Can lemons or potatoes produce electricity? Students will use potatoes and lemons to create a simple electric circuit, demonstrating how fruits and vegetables can act as electrolytes to generate a small amount of electricity. Building a basic battery from natural material.
Q009
Growing Green
We are taking hydroponics to the table. We are going to show how we grow and let you taste what's coming out of our green machine room.
Q009
Growing Green
We are taking hydroponics to the table. We are going to show how we grow and let you taste what's coming out of our green machine room.
Q009 @ IS5
RAW: What is it Good For?
We will show the vegetables that we grow, discuss the process and make a few healthy recipes with the students.
Q023
What's in the Soil?
Pedosphere, Earth’s Body of Soil
Q075
Engineering & Magnetics
Multiple interactive magnetic engineering projects built by students in grade 3
Q177
From Farm to Code: Exploring Chicken Project
Students will embark on an engaging journey to learn how to code using Indi robots. As they explore the fascinating world of programming, they will also delve into essential science concepts (scientific method, chicken cycle) . This hands-on experience not only enhances their coding skills but also sparks curiosity about the scientific principles behind their robotic coding. Get ready for an adventure where learning meets fun!
Q224
Force and Motion Pinball Machines
Students in class V63 learned about force and motion. "Pushes and Pulls" unit focuses on students acting as pinball machine engineers, exploring forces and their effects on motion by building and testing their own pinball machine prototypes. Throughout the build process, students used a checklist to meet certain requirements for their boards. As engineers, we made changes and used our knowledge of physics along the way, in order to make improvements on our gameboards
Q233
Breeze Buggy
Students will being using their engineering skills along side science, math, and technology to create balloon powered cars. Students will be racing the cars and measuring for speed.
Q255
Battle Defense Tactics: Battle Against Browning
When apples are cut, the exposed fruit underneath the skin reacts with the oxygen in the air, which causes the apple slices to turn brown. We will explore how the apple slices react when coated with different liquids.
Q256
Friendly Races
Building bristle bots and racing them against peers to foster peer to peer communication
Q277
Which part of the Plant can Regrow and Regenerate?
Students will conduct experiments and observations to determine which part of the plan will regrow and regenerate.
Q721
Design League
Students are designing an in-school application where staff can receive tech support, and students can assist staff with their technology needs such as troubleshooting, connection, and setting up iPads and laptops.
Q811
Make a Circuit With Me
Students will demonstrate various circuits they made incorporating functional electronic circuits into artistic creations.
Q993
Battery Power
Students create a homemade battery that generates a chemical reaction strong enough to power a mini fan
Brooklyn
K004
Together We Can Make Fit Choices
Students will showcase various ways they work together to make fit choices. Students have been learning about ways to stay healthy by making healthy food choices for their plates, make and choose healthy snacks, exercising, and practice clean body. They have been encouraged to eat that they grow.
K053
Let's Make Music
Students will explore the topics of Engineering and Electricity by creating an interactive piano using a Makey Makey and different objects.
K077 EmotiCode: Building Emotional Awareness for Neurodiverse Learners Through Coding
Students have coded and built a program to detect emotions based on facial expressions using Pictoblox. This interactive program leverages AI to analyze facial expressions in real-time, identifying emotions such as happiness, sadness, or surprise. Designed by students with autism, this project embodies self-advocacy and innovation, as they create tools that directly benefit their neurodiverse community.
K140
Growing Plants Without Soil
Students plant seeds without soil and go through the whole life cycle. At the end they eat their plants.
K231
Newton's Third Law of Motion: Extreme Racing
Newton's Third Law of Motion:
P231K's Extreme Racing
K368
Hamster Race Beats
Hamster Race Beats: Rap vs. Classical Music Experiment
Does music influence speed? In this experiment, we put a hamster’s racing skills to the test by playing different genres—high-energy rap versus soothing classical music—to see which, if any, affects performance. Using a controlled track and a stopwatch, we measure the hamster’s race times under each condition, uncovering whether beats or symphonies make a difference in speed. Will fast-paced rap make the hamster zoom ahead, or will classical music create a more leisurely pace? Let the race begin! 🚀🎶🐹
K369
Maglev Movement
Students will design and build a maglev train, using 3D printed materials, an Arduino microcontroller, and various input/output components.
K370
Natural Resources
We explore natural resources.
K371
Electricity from Coins
In this experiment, you will make a simple battery out of coins and test if the number of coins in the pile will affect the amount of electricity produced.
In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels. How many coins in the pile will make the most electricity?
K372
Manual & Battery Powered Elevators
Students will make a manual elevator with cardboard and one with battery
K372@113
Movement
Movement Machines
K373
How Much Can a Drone Lift?
We will test simple drones that the students will create out of popsicle sticks, battery packs, and a dc motor, to see how much weight it could actually lift on it's own
K396
Battle of the Basils: Evaluating Optimal pH for Basil Growth
While learning about water in the hydrosphere and biosphere, students questioned how the pH of rain and groundwater affects the growth of plants on Earth. Students set up an experiment to see how basil will grow in acidic, basic, and neutral environments.
K721
Force & Motion
Derby Race
K753
3D Printed STEM Racers
Project based learning allowing different sized and weighted objects to illustrate mechanical physics concepts like mass, friction, force, speed, distance, and gravity.
K753
The Quest for the Ultimate Jumping Robot
Students will design a jumping robot to navigate an obstacle course
K753
Robotics 101
Students will be making and engineering robots.
K771
Krabby
Krabby is an EV3 robot designed to assist scientists in collecting deep-sea specimens from extreme ocean depths. Equipped with specialized sensors and a robotic arm, it can safely retrieve biological and geological from the ocean floor.
K771@14
Smart Green Roof
771 Smart Green Roof is a multifaceted projects that incorporates a smart irrigation controlling system and a water filtration system to conserve water and energy and recycle water.
K811
Straw Rocket Science
Students will build and test straw rockets with different nose cone masses
Manhattan
M094@188
Seeds On The Move: How Seeds Find New Homes
Project will demonstrate the different ways in which seeds travel and are dispersed for expansion and to colonize new areas and survive in changing environments.
M094@281
How Can We Best Grow Seeds
Using different type of growing materials, we will assess which one best grows our tomatoes seeds.
M138
Robotics
Student will build robotic equipment and learn about alternative energy
M169
Laser Light: A Visual Delight!
We are using angles of incidence and light deflection to create sound wave images onto alternate surfaces.
M226 Renewable Energy Sources
Sunlight, Water, and Wind are all renewable natural resources. We explored how we can use these natural resources to create renewable energy and power different machines.
M721 Understanding Climate Change and it's effects on the North American Ice Age
A cost effective home that utilizes all natural resources to provide electricity, heat, water, food etc., in a modern society
M751
MSCD: Our AI Integration
Our projects will include futuristic robots and moving rovers that the students build, code, illuminate using electricity, 3D print, all while integrating artificial intellegience (AI) in it's creation.
M811
Pipe Tunes: The Science of Sound Waves
In this science experiment, different length pipes are used to explore how pipe length affects sound frequency.
Bronx
X010
Light It Up
Students will apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine electric circuits that convert energy from one form to another.
X012
How Will the Length of the Pencil Resistor Affect the Output of a Circuit?
This project is about the effect of the length of the pencil resistor on the output of a circuit.
X012
Greenhouse
Planting in a greenhouse
X017
Boat Racing
We may focus on constructing boats and racing them using wind energy.
X168 Chemical Change in a Volcanic Eruption
The learning outcomes include:
-Identify and explain the signs of a chemical reaction.
-Recognize that gas production, temperature change, and the formation of new substances are key indicators of a chemical change.
X186
Under The Sea
Students will use recycled items to create an underwater ecosystem.
X188 Circuits: Making Connections
Students will build various models using circuits
X352 Magnetic slime
Students will make magnetic slime, and use different magnets to test it out
X596
How Can We Sustainably Combat Food Waste to Help the Environment
Based on observation, we see a lot of food waste in our school cafeteria during breakfast and lunch. This adds more waste to our landfills. We will teach students the importance of composting and how nutrients from food scraps benefits plant growth. The compost will be used to support plants in STEAM class during our unit on Plant Needs.
Content Connections: Students in NYBG partnership are learning about Plants We Eat. Students will help collect viable food scraps in compost pails during breakfast/lunch periods from 596x students. Students will then help with the composting process. Students will also participate on Climate Action Days (waste management, energy use) through the Office of Sustainability.
X643
Plant Detectives: Using Our Five Senses to Find Plants We Eat
Students will explore edible plants through hands-on sensory activities that engage their five senses. The STEM project will be presented in an interactive activity that invites others to use their senses to discover edible plants.
X721
From Juicy to Crispy:
The Science of Food Dehydrating
Dehydrating veggies and fruits
X723 Innovation in Action
Designing functional machines for the future.
Staten Island
R025
Unseen Pollution
Unseen Pollution
R373
Minecraft Masters
Students will work to create a sustainable space that can be repurposed for the community
R721
Germs
How germs affect your body
Home & Hospital
Instruction
The Sun
Facts about the sun to the students, using multi-sensory materials.
I Am Compounded: A Drop In the Ocean
Chemistry Elements are combined to form compounds that are necessary for our lives. When the various States of Matter are combined: Solids, Liquids and Gases…it leads to the ultimate: OCEANS
I Am Element(ary): I am so Precious
Precious Metal found on the Periodic Table of Elements. THE ELEMENTS SQUAD: Gold, Silver and Platinum Unite!..and can be found on the Ocean floors…Pirates anyone?
Baby, Who's Your Daddy: An Electrophoresis Investigation
This interactive project will demonstrate how electrophoresis is used in paternity tests. Electrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to separate DNA, RNA or protein molecules based on their size an electrical charge. Sample paternity test with several potential fathers will be provided and people will try to guess who the child's father is! The project will also explore how this technique is used to solve crimes.
Thank you!
We express our sincere gratitude to District 75 Superintendent Ketler Louissaint, his team, our students, our school based staff and all of the volunteers from D75 Citywide Programs for their outstanding support and partnership!
We are also grateful to The American Museum of Natural History for hosting this inspiring STEM Fair and providing valuable educational opportunities.