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2024 Hack the House with Beakerhead
Our junior high school is excited to be participating in the “Hack the House” Challenge with Beakerhead at Telus Spark which is sponsored by Imperial Oil. Our task will be to to ‘hack’ a piece of used household furniture and transform it into a rideable machine that runs on sustainable power sources. We will be… Read more
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Design and Build Famous Structures
Our grade 7 students recently completed a project delving into global structures and buildings from diverse corners of the world. Students began the project with a Research Planning Document where they analyzed a famous structure by answering the differnet research prompts. Once completed, students found a second building through online searching to create a scale… Read more
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Poetry In Voice Team Regional Competition
On March 14th, three of our grade 9 students had an opportunity to represent STEM IA Junior High in the annual Team Regionals competition for live poetry performance along with their coach, Mr. Acheson at Bishop Carroll High School. The event was sponsored by a national non-profit organization called Poetry in Voice and encourages poetry… Read more
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STEMIA Drone Racing Club
By Tyler Christiansen STEMIA Junior High has started a drone racing club that meets every Wednesday and Thursday in the Maker Space. We will have a fleet of 6 Cetus FPV (First Person View) drones for students to fly and compete with. In addition to these, the club also will be using our DJI Mavic… Read more
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Solar Spear Science Fair Project
Our STEM Innovation Science Fair was an incredible event last week on February 23. Students from grades 7, 8, and 9 showcased their hardwork, ingenuity, and creativity through an wide range of projects and topics. The Solar Spear Efficient Solar UAV project asked the question, “Can we create a highly maneuverable, off-the-grid, solar-efficient UAV? AND… Read more
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Esports Season 2
Season 1: Smash Brothers Our junior high Esports league started this fall with 49 eager students participating in a Smash Brothers tournament on Nintendo. Check out our previous post here: https://stemiajournal.ca/2024/01/10/stemia-esports-league-ignites/ to see each of the team logos and names. Each lunch hour, students from the 8 different teams in the league squared off to… Read more
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