Grades 3-4 Year B: Bi-Weekly C-STREAM 🔬¶
Overview¶
Grade Band: 3-4 | Duration: 40 minutes per session | Sessions: 17 over the school year | Rotation Year: B
This bi-weekly schedule provides alternating content from Year A for schools with combined grade classrooms. Year B covers the same skills with different projects and contexts.
Session Overview¶
| Session | Title | Focus | Catholic Connection |
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| 01 | Design Thinking | Engineering process | St. Isidore & innovation |
| 02 | Ozobot Coding | Line-following robots | Bl. Carlo Acutis |
| 03 | Tower Challenge | Tall structures | Tower of Babel reflection |
| 04 | Ecosystems | Food webs | St. Kateri Tekakwitha |
| 05 | Scratch Games | Game programming | Creativity as gift |
| 06 | Thanksgiving Design | Gratitude project | St. Paul's letters |
| 07 | Christmas Circuits | LED Nativity | Light of the World |
| 08 | Digital Storytelling | Story creation | Gospel stories |
| 09 | Faith & Science | Catholic Schools Week | Fr. Lemaître |
| 10 | Geology Rocks | Earth science | Rock as foundation |
| 11 | Lenten Service | Service project | Works of mercy |
| 12 | Life Cycles | Animal cycles | Resurrection theme |
| 13 | Easter Creation | Celebration project | New life |
| 14 | Ozobot Challenge | Advanced robotics | Perseverance |
| 15 | Compound Machines | Complex machines | St. Joseph Worker |
| 16 | Makey Makey | Interactive invention | Innovation |
| 17 | Year Celebration | Portfolio showcase | Celebrating gifts |
Technology Used¶
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🤖 Ozobot Robots (from CSCOE library)
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📦 KEVA Planks (from CSCOE library)
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🎹 Makey Makey (from CSCOE library)
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💻 Scratch programming
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🔬 Science equipment
Year B vs Year A¶
Year B focuses on:
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Tower engineering (Year A: Bridge challenges)
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Geology/rocks (Year A: Weather science)
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Ozobot programming (Year A: Dash robots)
Students in combined 3-4 classrooms alternate between Year A and Year B content.