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From YouTube: Parents Corner April 2016
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A
B
I'm
Cathy
Schaefer,
and
this
is
parents
corner
on
a
CPS
TV
each
month
we
talk
about
a
topic
of
interest
to
parents
like
us
this
month,
we're
focusing
on
stem
reading,
writing
and
arithmetic.
Do
they
sound
familiar
for
most
students
today?
It's
also
stem
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math.
What
is
stem
well,
basically,
is
teaching
the
four
disciplines
in
combination
rather
than
a
standalone
subjects.
The
curriculum
is
available
to
all
students
and
not
just
the
gifted,
with
the
goal
of
preparing
for
jobs
in
these
competitive
markets
markets
where
the
u.s.
B
C
A
C
Takes
all
those
skills
and
puts
them
together,
which
is
the
way
you
use
them
in
the
real
world,
so
it
lets
them
see
that
it's
not
just
math,
it's
not
just
science.
You
have
to
put
all
those
pieces
together
to
accomplish
a
task,
and
how
is
the
feedback
from
your
students
been?
They
love,
it
I
think
you
can
see
they're
all
actively
engaged.
They
are
really
excited
when
we
do
the
projects
and
they
get
excited
about
the
success
of
their
classmates.
C
And
how
do
you
make
your
stem
curriculum,
age-appropriate
I
think
you
have
to
look
at
what
standard
you're
trying
to
teach
and
then
make
it
match.
If
you're
doing
a
kindergarten
standard,
then
your
project
will
be
age
appropriate
for
them.
Do
you
have
any
stem
goals?
Moving
forward,
I'd
like
to
move
it
more
towards
steam
and
start
to
get
some
arts
integrated
into
it?
And
if.
C
A
D
A
D
E
F
Experiment
is:
are
you
smarter
than
computer,
it's
about
how
which
is
more
accurate
statistics,
cool
analysis,
so
a
computer
program
or
your
human
instincts,
so
human
intuition,
great
and
and
what
did
you
find
out?
I
found
that
the
computer
was
much
more
accurate
because
humans
all
have
a
bias
towards
teams.
They
like
or
things
they
like,
but
a
computer
does
not
doesn't
have
that
bias.
The
bias.
F
H
It's
very
interesting
to
see
how
these
kids
are
interested
in
science
and
how
they
come
a
long
way.
I
mean
back
when
I
was
in
high
school.
It
was
a
totally
different
realm
when
we
would
build
a
volcano
and
put
some
baking
soda
and
vinegar
in
it.
So
I
mean
science
has
come
a
long
way
and
to
see
these
kids
so
interested
in
the
different
topics
that
they
pick
and
when
you
talk
to
them
and
how
interested
they
are
and
how
they
pick
their
topics.
That's
very
interesting.
What.
A
H
Advanced
I
mean,
like
I,
said
coming
from
where
we
come
from
with
textbooks
with
now
all
the
electronics
that
they
have
right
now
and
the
resources
that
they
have
are
so
much
more
vast
than
the.
What
we
had
and
that's
I
mean
speaking
20
years
30
years
ago,
so
it's
totally
different
and
what
they
have
at
their
fingertips
and
just
to
see
the
different
stuff
they
use
the
different
in,
like
some
people,
actually
went
and
got
to
use
some
actual
strep
bacteria
we're
like.
How
did
you
get
your
hands
on
that?
A
H
I
Basically,
what
I
did
is
I
program,
the
robot
that
can
track
objects
and
retrieve
them
all
by
itself.
It
uses
a
pixie
camera
which
has
an
X
access
and
that's
where
I
used
to
get
the
left
and
right
and
then
I
use
an
area
equation
using
width
times
height
to
track
knowledge
like
going
forward
and
backwards
using
a
comparison.
I
So,
basically,
if
it
were,
exceeds
the
maximum,
it
would
go
backwards
if
it's
less
than
the
room
then
go
forward
and
then
I
use
an
ultrasonic
sensor
which
basically
sends
a
ping
and
then
council
seconds
for
it
to
bounce
back,
and
it
gives
me
an
exact
difference
from
the
objects
so
I
wanted
at
five
centimeters
and
then
run
she
runs
the
arm
function.
You.
I
A
J
Chromatography
on
M&Ms
and
I
was
testing.
The
sea
witch
Eminem
had
the
highest
retention
factor,
and
so
I
had
to
go
through
a
very
extensive
process
of
extracting
the
dye
and
spotting
it
onto
the
chromatography
strips
and
then
waiting
for
the
solent
to
reach
a
certain
height
on
the
chromatography
strip
and
then
recording
the
retention
factor.
So.
A
J
J
K
Is
my
second
year
teaching
stem
and
they
are
just
so
excited?
It's
amazing
how
much
they've
learned
from
last
year
to
this
year
and
they
still
remember
it's
great,
because
we've
been
bringing
in
real-world
connections
for
like
towers
and
structures
and
skyscrapers
and
learning
about,
windmills
and
wind
power
and
turbines.
It
just
gets
them
very
excited
about
science.
What's.
A
K
Yes,
it's
a
little
different
because
you're
looking
at
more
project-based
learning,
so
the
kids
are
presented
with
a
challenge
and
they
have
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
solve
it.
So
they
have
to
imagine
some
ideas
and
they
have
to
work
within
constraints
and
limits
that
are
given
to
them
just
like.
If
you
were
an
engineer
and
a
real
job,
your
boss
might
say
to
you:
hey,
you
can
design
a
brand-new
iphone
for
our
company,
but
these
are
your
limits.
K
You
have
to
remain
within,
so
our
students
are
working
through
that
process,
the
whole
engineering
design,
processing,
applying
the
math
and
the
science
and
the
technology
altogether
to
that
engineering
project.
So
it's
neat
to
see
them
plan
something
out
test
it
and
then,
if
it
doesn't
work,
go
back
and
improve
it,
because
that's
how
the
real
world
works.
It's.
K
It's
all
hands-on,
it's
not
textbook,
it
is
all
hands-on
and
it's
pretty
cool,
because
you're
using
materials
that
are
readily
available,
not
necessarily
fancy
kits
and
things
like
that,
but
they're
experiencing
ways
to
use
other
materials,
and
so
that
brings
in
that
green
element
as
well
being
able
to
reuse
certain
materials
for
new
things.
Great.
A
K
It
is
a
little
different
for
parents
to
see
what
stem
is,
but
I
think
they
need
to
realize
that
we
live
in
a
world
where
everything
is
integrated.
Our
day
is
not
separated
into
you
know,
math
time,
and
this
is
when
we
pay
our
bills,
and
you
know,
reading
time
is
the
only
time
we
can
read
a
book.
Everything
is
integrated.
I
think
they
need
to
see
that
there
are
so
many
jobs
out
there.
Now
that
everything
is
integrated
within
the
STEM
fields
is
there's
nothing
in
isolation
anymore.
K
So,
even
if
your
child
wants
to
be
a
baseball
player,
the
stem
piece
of
it,
the
engineering,
the
mathematics,
everything
than
the
science
of
physics
that
goes
into
being
a
baseball
player.
You
know
it's
all
interconnected
and
I
think
what
parents
also
need
to
see
is
that
one
of
the
benefits
of
stem
that
I
find
is.
K
It
gives
students
opportunities
to
work
as
a
team,
which
is
a
huge
deal,
because
there's
not
a
single
job
out
there
in
the
future
that
our
students
are
going
to
need
to
do
that,
doesn't
involve
teamwork,
plus
it
gives
them
ways
to
figure
out
hey
what
happens
when
things
fail,
because
the
whole
point
of
the
engineering
design
process
is
to
deal
with
that.
What
happens
when
your
design
fails?
K
K
And
right
now,
in
our
stem
classes,
we
actually
have
a
great
opportunity.
We
have
a
student,
that's
a
high
school
student
from
South
River,
the
stem
high
school,
who
is
actually
coming
and
working
with
our
second
graders
and
the
students
see
him.
Is
such
a
wonderful
role
model
to
see
a
look
at
this
high
school
or
going
to
a
stem
high
school
and
he's
going
on
to
be
an
engineer
in
college.
So
to
see
him
come
down
and
work
with
our
second
graders
has
just
been
amazing
for
more.
B
Information
on
stem
magnet
programs
call
the
AAC
PS
Advanced
Studies
on
programs
office
at
4,
10,
2,
225,
391
extension.
1
resources
also
are
available
on
the
AAC
PS
website,
I'm
Cathy
Shaffer,
and
this
was
parents
quarter
in
Dallas,
at
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know
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for
watching.
L
M
Think
there
isn't
anything
more
important
than
what
we
choose
to
do
with
our
body
regarding
food
and
hydration
and
exercise
that
balance
drives
everything
else
that
we
do
and
so
I'm
always
encouraging
people
of
all
ages
to
take
a
good
look
at
what
you're
doing
on
a
daily
basis
with
regard
to
your
nutritional
health
and
see,
if
you
can't
kick
it
up,
a
notch.
I
stressed
that
folks,
on
it
right
down
with
a
drink
for
a
couple
of
days,
take
a
look
at
it
and
begin
to
ask
themselves
on
a
daily
basis.
M
What
can
I
do
today?
That's
better
for
my
body
than
I
did
yesterday.
So
if
yesterday
was
a
day
where
I
didn't
get
half
of
my
plate
with
a
fruit
or
vegetable
today,
I'm
going
to
try
to
kick
it
up.
If
yesterday,
I
was
hydrating
myself
with
things
that
were
a
lot
of
added
sugars
and
simple
colors
I'm
really
today
going
to
focus
on
water
and
good
low-fat
dairy.
M
If
yesterday
was
a
day
where
I
didn't
get
my
30
to
60
minutes
of
exercise
in
today,
I'm
going
to
really
make
some
time
to
kick
it
up.
Fitness
wise,
so
you
know
we
are
what
we
eat,
what
we
drink,
what
we
do
with
our
bodies
asking
ourselves
every
day
how
we
can
do
that
a
bit
better
is
really
what
we
as
dietitians
are
encouraging
people
to
do.
N
When
a
school
bus
stops
to
load
students
as
a
driver,
this
is
what
you
will
see
at
150
feet.
The
bus
will
activate
hazard
lights
at
a
hundred
feet.
The
bus
driver
will
activate
the
amber
light.
They
will
start
slowing
down
at
10
feet
before
the
bus
stops.
They
will
turn
on
the
red
bus
lights,
their
stop
sign
will
come
out
and
students
will
begin
to
load
once
all
students
are
on
board
safely.
The
bus
driver
will
turn
off
red
light
and
move
forward
at
this
time.
It
is
safe
for
the
motorists
to
resume
movement.