Visual Thinking Strategies incorporate art and language arts as students think about what they see, then write and explain their ideas.

Mr. Quien's students have engineered  metricoptors.  Students enjoy watching them float slowly and twirl at the same time, while learning about gravity, air resistance and roational motion, wind, and air currents.

Chemiluminescence With CSUCI

Cal State Channel Islands students are presenting a STEM lesson on the scientific method. How is chemiluminescence affected by temperature? Glow sticks are used to a show chemical reaction that produces light and these are placed in cups of water at different temperatures

Archaeology and Paleontology in the classroom

Ms. Zwaal's 6th grade class is on a dig.  Both fossils and artifacts are discovered during this activity.

Frank students are using Vernier Probeware in the classroom.  This equipment allows the students to graph changes in temperature over time.  We have many other sensors besides the temperature sensors. Our federal MSAP grant allowed us to buy cutting edge science equipment for the middle school classroom.

Build a Buoy with Cal State University Channel Islands

Build a Buoy with Cal State University Channel Islands

CSUCI students explain the engineering project.

Huichol String Paintings

Putting the A in STEAM with tessellations.

Put The A in STEAM with Mayan and Aztec student art.

STEAM Projects

Check out the links below to see our STEAM project Simple booklets.


Solar Energy Simple Booklet

Styrofoam Simple Booklet

Fuel Cells Simple Booklet

Water Purification and the Electrochlorinator Simple Booklet

Wind Energy Simple Booklet

Frank Mouse Squad students are programing Arduino microcontrollers.

These devices use sensors and have switches that can control lights or motors.

Ms. Hanna's class visits Brekke Elementary School to share STEM projects.

Ms. Hanna's STEM class takes a field trip to the California Science Center.  The Discovery Lab field trip, sponsored by AMGEN featured a cow eye dissection.

Extracting DNA from locally grown strawberries.