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Session 17: Year Exhibition 🎓

Overview

Grades: 3-4 | Duration: 40 minutes | Session: 17 of 17

Students celebrate their year of C-STREAM learning through portfolio sharing, exhibitions, and reflection on growth.

Session 17: Year Exhibition

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, students will:

  • Reflect on their year of learning

  • Present their best work

  • Celebrate growth and achievement

  • Set goals for future learning

Session 17: Year Exhibition

Materials Needed

  • 📓 Engineering journals (entire year)

  • 📸 Photos from C-STREAM sessions

  • 🖼️ Display materials

  • 🏆 Certificates (optional)

  • 🎈 Celebration supplies

Catholic Integration

Saint Connection

All Our Saints — This year we met: St. Juan Diego, Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Patrick, St. Francis, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Lucy, St. Joseph, St. Thomas Aquinas, and more!

Scripture

"Well done, good and faithful servant!" — Matthew 25:21

Opening Prayer

Dear God, thank you for an incredible year of discovery and learning. Thank you for the saints who inspired us and the skills you helped us develop. Bless these young engineers as they continue to grow. Amen.

Lesson Procedure

Opening Circle (6 minutes)

  1. Celebration Time!
  2. "We completed an entire year of C-STREAM!"
  3. 17 sessions of exploration and creation
  4. Memory Highlights:
  5. Show photos from the year
  6. "Remember when we..."
  7. Saints We Met:
  8. Quick review of saint connections
  9. "Their faith inspired our work!"

Main Activity: Exhibition (26 minutes)

Part 1: Portfolio Preparation (8 minutes)

  • Review engineering journals

  • Select:

  • Best project/design
  • Proudest moment
  • Biggest challenge overcome

  • Favorite learning

  • Prepare to share (verbal or display)

Part 2: Gallery Walk & Presentations (12 minutes)

  • Set up displays or presentation stations

  • Students circulate and share

  • Each student explains:

  • What they created
  • What they learned

  • How it connects to faith

  • Celebrate each presentation!

Part 3: Year in Review (4 minutes)

  • Class discussion:
  • What was most surprising?
  • What was most challenging?
  • What was most fun?
  • How did faith and STREAM connect?

Part 4: Awards & Recognition (2 minutes)

  • Optional certificates:
  • "Master Engineer"
  • "Code Creator"
  • "Science Explorer"
  • "Faithful Innovator"

  • "Perseverance Champion"

  • Recognize each student's unique strengths

Engineering Journal (5 minutes)

Final Entry: 1. Write: "This year I learned..." 2. Write: "My favorite project was... because..." 3. Write: "Faith and science connect because..." 4. Write: "Next year I want to learn..." 5. Draw yourself as an engineer!

Closing Circle (3 minutes)

  1. Gratitude — Each person: "I'm thankful for..."
  2. Summer Challenge — "Keep exploring and creating!"
  3. Final Prayer:

Dear God, Thank you for this year of wonder and discovery. Thank you for bridges and robots, circuits and code. Thank you for showing us that faith and science are friends. Bless these engineers as they grow and learn. May they always use their gifts to serve you and others. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉

Assessment

Year-End Reflection:

  • Can articulate learning growth

  • Demonstrates design thinking

  • Connects faith and STREAM

  • Shows enthusiasm for continued learning

Differentiation

For Students Who Need Support

  • Help identify portfolio highlights

  • Partner for sharing

  • Verbal presentation option

For Advanced Students

  • Formal presentation

  • Teaching role for younger students

  • Written reflection piece

Wonder at Home 🏠

Summer C-STREAM Challenge:

  • 🔧 Keep building and designing

  • 💻 Explore Scratch and coding

  • 🔬 Do science experiments

  • 🌿 Observe nature

  • 🤖 Visit science museums

  • 📚 Read about inventors and scientists

  • ❤️ Use your skills to help others

Year A Accomplishments

This year you:

  • ✅ Mastered the engineering design process

  • ✅ Programmed Dash robots

  • ✅ Built bridges and tested strength

  • ✅ Created Scratch animations

  • ✅ Explored weather science

  • ✅ Built electrical circuits

  • ✅ Learned about simple machines

  • ✅ Connected faith to every project!

Saints You Met: St. Juan Diego • Bl. Carlo Acutis • St. Patrick • St. Francis • St. Lucy • St. Vincent de Paul • St. Joseph • St. Thomas Aquinas • Mary Magdalene

Skills You Developed: Engineering • Coding • Scientific Thinking • Design • Problem-Solving • Collaboration • Perseverance • Faith Integration

You are engineers, scientists, programmers, and children of God!

Keep creating. Keep questioning. Keep growing in faith and knowledge.

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End of Grades 3-4 Year A Bi-Weekly C-STREAM Curriculum