Decker Lake STEMCAP
Communicating About Extinction
Through the MISSION STEMCAP the students at Decker Lake learned about extinction.
- What is Extinction?
- Documentary Discussions
- Writing Workshop
- Science Right Now
- Starting a Conversation
- UMFA Tour
- Art Science Workshop
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![Principal is sitting watching a presentation on insects with a display of insects on a table.](https://schools.graniteschools.org/yess/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2021/11/DSCN0001-768x1024.jpg)
Insect collecting
STEMCAP presented information on different types of insects and brought their collection of insects.
![Students looking for insects](https://schools.graniteschools.org/yess/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2021/11/DSCN0014-1024x688.jpg)
![Student looking at insect through a microscope.](https://schools.graniteschools.org/yess/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2021/11/DSCN0018-1024x842.jpg)
![Two students looking at an insect they have caught.](https://schools.graniteschools.org/yess/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2021/11/DSCN0009-768x1024.jpg)
Students collecting insects
Student were able to look for insects and catch them. Take them to class and look at them under a microscope.
![Tubes and plastic round case with insects in them](https://schools.graniteschools.org/yess/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2021/11/DSCN0021-1024x768.jpg)
![Two students and presenter assisting with the microscope.](https://schools.graniteschools.org/yess/wp-content/uploads/sites/123/2021/11/DSCN0020-1024x768.jpg)
Students created art work
Students watched the documentary “Racing to Extinction”. The students then reflected on what they learned about extinction creating a “fond poetry” collage project.
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