Grades 5-6 Year A: Bi-Weekly C-STREAM 🚀¶
Overview¶
Grade Band: 5-6 | Duration: 45 minutes per session | Sessions: 17 over the school year | Rotation Year: A
This bi-weekly schedule delivers advanced C-STREAM experiences for intermediate students with Catholic integration throughout.
Session Overview¶
| Session | Title | Focus | Catholic Connection |
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| 01 | Design Process Mastery | Advanced design thinking | St. Hildegard |
| 02 | Sphero Advanced | Block programming | Bl. Carlo Acutis |
| 03 | Structural Engineering | Load-bearing structures | Cathedral builders |
| 04 | Human Body Systems | Anatomy integration | Fearfully made |
| 05 | Scratch Advanced | Complex programming | Logic and reason |
| 06 | Thanksgiving Innovation | Service design | Gratitude |
| 07 | Christmas Electronics | Little Bits circuits | Light of the World |
| 08 | App Inventor Intro | Mobile app creation | Tech for good |
| 09 | Catholic Scientists | Research project | Faith & reason |
| 10 | Environmental Science | Sustainability design | Creation care |
| 11 | Lenten Engineering | Service project | Works of mercy |
| 12 | Life Science | Biology investigation | Resurrection |
| 13 | Easter Technology | Digital celebration | New life |
| 14 | Sphero Challenge | Competition missions | Excellence |
| 15 | Physics & Motion | Newton's laws | Order in creation |
| 16 | Advanced Invention | Original design | Innovation |
| 17 | Year Exhibition | Portfolio presentation | Gifts for service |
Technology Used¶
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🤖 Sphero BOLT (from CSCOE library)
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💡 Little Bits (from CSCOE library)
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💻 Scratch, MIT App Inventor
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📱 Tablets for robotics
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🔬 Science equipment
Year A vs Year B¶
Year A focuses on:
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Human body systems (Year B: Ecosystems & Environment)
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Sphero BOLT programming (Year B: Drone technology)
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MIT App Inventor (Year B: Python introduction)
Students in combined 5-6 classrooms alternate between Year A and Year B content.