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Ashland Christian School is the recipient of the Governor's Thomas Edison Awards for Excellence in Stem Education and Student Research
STEM & Sustaining Agriculture/Drone/Ashland County Solid Waste & Recycling Center
Thank you to Mr. Mike Earick and Mrs. Nancy Earick for their compost instruction and oversight with the 7th and 8th grade classes! Students were answering the question: How do you make food last longer and sustain agriculture? The 8th grade students researched and brainstormed, then worked on building an innovative compost unit with Mr. Mike Earick! The 7th grade class split into groups and worked with Mrs. Nancy Earick and Mrs. Kathie Connolly to educate our school on how to compost within the lunchroom and how to market the school compost! Special thanks to the Ashland County Solid Waste & Recycling Center for their compost unit donation and thank you to the Wooster Habitat for Humanity barrel donation that was used to develop an innovative composter. Ashland Christian School plans to use both compost units to begin composting from the lunchroom! Thank you to Mr. John Teevan for his drone instruction with the 6th grade class! Mr. Jonathan Priest and Mrs. Beth Szijarto assisted students with soil survey maps, where students learned how drones and satellite imagery can help farmers with fertilizer implementation to reduce costs. #STEMFeedsOhio #ACSSustainableAgriculture #CompostingDronesSatelliteImagery
STEM & Nationwide Hospital's ATS Program
ACS 8th graders attended Nationwide Hospital's ATS Program with Mrs. Bethany Frazer and Mrs. Bessann Carr! Students visited the OSU Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital and learned about their ATS (Automated Transport System), which services the 4 hospitals located there. Special thanks to Mr. Michael Johnson for this opportunity! #ACSMedicalRobotics
STEM & OSU Extension/Colonial Pancake Lesson
Special thanks to Kathy Blackford, OSU Extension STEM partner, for her history of bread, yeast science experiment, and Colonial pancake tasting lesson. This project assisted with Mr. Davis and Mrs. Shenberger's food security project to better prepareSpecial thanks to Kathy Blackford, OSU Extension STEM partner, for her history of bread, yeast science experiment, and Colonial pancake tasting lesson. This project assisted with Mr. Davis and Mrs. Shenberger's food security project to better prepare their 4th and 5th grade students on how to make food without key ingredients!
STEM & Humanitarian Solutions
Students in Mrs. Davis (1st grade), Mrs. Bell (2nd grade), and Mrs. Hickinbotham's (3rd grade) classes worked on humanitarian solutions that could help the homeless. Their projects consisted of Scratch programs that informed others about those in neeStudents in Mrs. Davis (1st grade), Mrs. Bell (2nd grade), and Mrs. Hickinbotham's (3rd grade) classes worked on humanitarian solutions that could help the homeless. Their projects consisted of Scratch programs that informed others about those in need, and they built prototypes that could help house the homeless! Great job students! #STEMHumanitarianSolutions
STEM & Robotics
Special thanks to our STEM partner, the Ohio State University Extension and Kathy Blackford, for providing robotics instruction for our students at Ashland Christian School! Students are engaged with NXT and WeDo robots by coding functionality, including sensors, to solve problems!
STEM & Recycling
Students in grades K-3 worked on problem based learning to develop solutions to help recycle! We have inventions that include a tower with a slide that has recyclable material fall into a pit, recycling storage systems, a robot that breaks up glass to be used for other purposes, and the "Recycle 9000"! Check out our student prototypes!
STEM & Innovative Dehydrators
Mr. Davis and Mrs. Shenberger's classes continued the Food Security Project with guest, Sandy Welch. Students engineered their prototypes during class to develop innovative dehydrator systems, so as to help food last longer. ACS students are part of the statewide challenge to find solutions to help increase food security. The STEM challenge is important because by the year 2050, it is predicted that farmers will no longer produce enough food to feed the world. #innovativeengineering #foodsecurity2050
STEM & GIS
STEM Accelerated Coding, an Ashland Christian School partner, has provided an opportunity for students to learn GIS. This is the initial ground truthing assessment where ACS students collected data within the field, by using a geospatial app that they created. Additional ground truthing fieldwork and app development will take place this year with Ashland Christian students, to determine land use change and agricultural sustainability in Ashland County!
STEM & Future Coders
Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Bell, and Mrs. Hickinbotham worked on computer science STEM projects that focused on a Christmas theme with Scratch. Through individual growth exploration, students discovered motion, looks, sound, control, and event functions for sprites and backgrounds. We even had some of our 1st graders show interest in the data and operators functions, where they developed math problem modules and watched the calculated answer populate in a result list! Awesome work kids! #ACScoders
STEM Reading Buddies & Christmas Celebration
3rd and K reading buddies had a STEM Christmas celebration today. They created sleighs to pull “presents” up an incline. Great job!
STEM & Robot Races & Scratch
Computer & Technology teacher, Mrs. Bethany Frazer, worked with Kindergarten and 1st grade students on future coders robot races and Scratch! We are happy to have her computer science expertise at ACS where students are able to learn about codingComputer & Technology teacher, Mrs. Bethany Frazer, worked with Kindergarten and 1st grade students on future coders robot races and Scratch! We are happy to have her computer science expertise at ACS where students are able to learn about coding fundamentals!
STEM & Geoinquiry Maps
Mrs. Kathie Connolly worked with 8th grade students using geoinquiry maps this week! Her class focused on the "We the People" module, where they discovered thoughts and inspirations that led the founding fathers to develop their ideas of the best forMrs. Kathie Connolly worked with 8th grade students using geoinquiry maps this week! Her class focused on the "We the People" module, where they discovered thoughts and inspirations that led the founding fathers to develop their ideas of the best form of government for our new nation. Students were able to explore government specific maps and utilized the measuring tool to determine distance and area. Great work students!
STEM & NASA
NASA has awarded a contract through a collaborative partnership with STEM Accelerated Coding and Ashland Christian School! Congratulations to Mrs. Bethany Frazer, Mrs. Beth Shenberger, and Mrs. Beth Szijarto as they provide expert review of NASA’s computer science curriculum and STEM activities!
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