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🎉 Week 34: Year B Exhibition

Lesson Overview
Grade Level Grades 5-6
Duration 45 minutes
Curriculum Year B
STREAM Focus All Areas (Celebration)

Week 34: Year B Exhibition

🎯 Learning Objectives

STEM Objectives

Students will be able to: 1. Curate portfolio of Year B work 2. Present achievements professionally 3. Reflect on growth and learning 4. Demonstrate skills developed

Faith Integration Objectives

Students will be able to: 1. Give thanks for learning opportunities 2. Recognize God's presence throughout year 3. Celebrate as faith community

Week 34: Year B Exhibition

🙏 Faith-Reason Integration

Catholic Teaching Connection

Celebration & Gratitude — We conclude Year B giving thanks to God for curious minds, dedicated teachers, and opportunities to explore His creation. We celebrate growth in both knowledge and faith!

Scripture Connection

"I thank my God every time I remember you... being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion." — Philippians 1:3, 6

Saint Connection

All Year B Saints! — St. Hildegard, St. Francis, St. Isidore of Seville, St. Gianna, St. Vincent de Paul, and many more showed us how faith and learning unite. We stand on the shoulders of giants!

📚 Materials Needed

  • Student portfolios

  • Display materials

  • Certificates/awards

  • Celebration supplies

  • Reflection sheets

  • Photography equipment

📝 Lesson Procedure (45 minutes)

Opening Prayer (2 min)

"Thank You, God, for Year B! Thank You for biotechnology, renewable energy, biomimicry, apps, social enterprises, health technology, and environmental monitoring. Thank You for the saints who inspired us and the skills we developed. We are grateful! Amen."

Year B Journey (10 min)

Review our year:

First Semester:

  • 🧬 Biotechnology — "What did you learn about cells and DNA?"

  • ⚡ Renewable Energy — "How did Laudato Si' inspire you?"

  • 🦎 Biomimicry — "What nature design impressed you most?"

  • 📱 App Development — "What app did you create?"

Second Semester:

  • 💼 Social Entrepreneurship — "What business did you design?"

  • 🏥 Health Technology — "What health challenge did you address?"

  • 🌍 Environmental Monitoring — "What data did you collect?"

Faith connections:

  • Which saint inspired you most?

  • How did faith shape your projects?

  • How did STREAM deepen your faith?

Growth reflection:

  • "What could you do now that you couldn't do in September?"

  • "How have you changed?"

  • "What are you most proud of?"

Portfolio Curation (12 min)

Select your best work:

Choose 3-5 pieces representing:

  • Your best project

  • Your greatest growth

  • Your favorite memory

  • Your faith integration

  • Something that challenged you

For each piece:

  • Why did you choose it?

  • What does it show about your learning?

  • What would you do differently now?

Create exhibition display:

  • Arrange work attractively

  • Add brief explanations

  • Include your reflection

Exhibition Showcase (15 min)

Gallery walk and presentations:

Part 1: Gallery Walk (8 min)

  • Set up displays

  • Walk around viewing others' work

  • Leave sticky note compliments/comments

  • Notice growth and creativity

Part 2: Spotlight Presentations (7 min)

  • Select students share highlights

  • Brief presentations of key projects

  • Celebrate standout achievements

Awards & Recognition (4 min)

Celebrate everyone:

Category awards:

  • Innovation Excellence

  • Outstanding Faith Integration

  • Service & Impact Award

  • Perseverance Champion

  • Collaboration Star

  • Leadership Award

  • Creative Problem-Solver

  • Best Portfolio

Class achievements:

  • Total apps created

  • Total social enterprises designed

  • Environmental data collected

  • Service hours contributed

  • Skills developed

Looking Forward (2 min)

What comes next:

For rising 7th graders:

  • Take these skills to middle school

  • Continue exploring interests

  • Remember faith-reason integration

  • Stay curious!

For returning 6th graders:

  • Year A awaits with new challenges!

  • Different projects, same growth

  • Build on what you've learned

Summer challenge:

  • Keep creating

  • Keep serving

  • Keep questioning

  • Keep praying

Closing Prayer: "Thank You, God, for this amazing Year B! Thank You for every cell, every solar panel, every app, every business plan, every health innovation, and every data point. Thank You for teaching us that faith and science work together. Thank You for saints who inspire us and teachers who guide us. Thank You for classmates who learned alongside us.

As we end this year, we're grateful for growth in knowledge and in faith. Help us use everything we've learned to serve You and serve others. Wherever we go next, may we always be people who wonder, create, and believe.

St. Hildegard, St. Francis, St. Isidore, St. Gianna — all you holy men and women who showed us faith and reason unite — pray for us!

We are STREAM students! We explore God's world with curious minds and faithful hearts!

Amen!"

Year B Accomplishments Summary

Your child explored:

  • 🧬 Biotechnology: Cells, DNA, biotech ethics

  • ⚡ Renewable Energy: Solar, wind, Laudato Si'

  • 🦎 Biomimicry: Nature-inspired design

  • 📱 App Development: MIT App Inventor

  • 💼 Social Entrepreneurship: Business for good

  • 🏥 Health Technology: Medical innovation

  • 🌍 Environmental Monitoring: Data for stewardship

STREAM skills mastered:

  • Advanced coding and app creation

  • Engineering design process

  • Data collection and analysis

  • Business model development

  • User-centered design

  • Ethical reasoning

  • Faith integration throughout

Congratulations on completing Year B!

📎 Home Connection

"We celebrated Year B today! What an incredible year of learning and growth! Ask your child to share their portfolio and tell you about their favorite projects. Thank you for supporting Catholic STREAM education. Keep exploring, keep creating, keep believing!"

✅ Assessment

  • Curated quality portfolio

  • Reflected meaningfully on growth

  • Participated in celebration

  • Expressed gratitude

Lesson Version: 1.0 — Year B | **