Makerspace - Grade 4
Course Overview
SKOOL21 offers STEM learning opportunities for our young learners from ages 8 to 11. With powered machines, learners are now provided challenging problems where they use electricity in addition to mechanics for their solutions. Before this course, learners only used mechanics, a building block for the industrial revolution. In the second industrial revolution, electricity came and revolutionized all the industries. The projects in the STEM Resource Books are based on the General Science National Curriculum of Pakistan.
Course Outline
- Human Health
- Forms of Energy
- Energy Transfer
- Force and Motion
- Gears
- Pulley
- Earth and its Resources
- Earth in the Solar System
- Technology in Everyday Life
Each workshop duration: 90 mins
No. of projects: 14 workshops
Age group: 8 to 10 years
Curriulum: Grade 4 National Curriculum
STEM.org Certification: Optional
Course Outcome
STEM Resource Book used in the course offers STEM challenges aligned with the General Science National curriculum objectives for grade 4. Learners can navigate electricity to help them solve problems. All the challenges in the STEM Resource Book uphold the 8 STEM rubrics of STEM.org. Without this course, learners only know about electricity as a theoretical concept, but this course empowers them to use electricity in their custom made solutions to the provided problems. It develops a maker mindset in the learners from an early age as they think as makers and contributors to the economy of Pakistan.
STEM.org Reviewed
The STEM.org Reviewed™ Trustmark authenticates the STEM Resource Book grade 4 content to conform to the organization’s STEM standards. The content:
- Integrate seamlessly into STEM programs
- Align to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math standards
- Support the development of student’s 21st Century Skills
- Engage students through hands-on learning and collaboration
- Ensure a secure, third-party review and evaluation process
