STREAM Lab
The Mater Dei Catholic School STREAM Lab is based on the “Maker Movement.” The “Maker Movement” is designed to allow a student-centered approach in the areas of Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.
The STREAM Lab allows for students to flourish in an environment where they tinker, create, invent, build, and interact with each other within the curriculum. Students will build confidence in their capabilities and explore the world they live in to develop an attitude to fix, make, change, modify, and customize their world.
See what the students accomplish when working in the Stream Lab.
1st grade build towers using marshmallows and toothpicks
2nd grade build a playground using Keva blocks
3rd grade build a cup tower with straws
4th graders direct a Bot through a maze they created.
5th grade build balloon floats
6th grade use Lux Blox to create a continuous chain
7th grade build a maze of their own design
8th grade build water towers
My name is Mrs. Kerr. I am a product of 18 years of Catholic education. I attended St. Louis Elementary School in Yeadon, Delaware County. I completed my high school education at Villa Maria Academy in Malvern. Immaculata College was the school where I received a Bachelor's degree. My graduate work was completed at Villanova University. I worked in the pharmaceutical field doing kidney research for seven years before starting a family. I was the comptroller of a small company for the past 49 years. I am the proud parent of 4 children -- 2 boys and 2 girls. I started at St.Stanislaus as the first computer teacher. I taught 2 programming languages for 3 years. Then I moved into the eighth grade. During the first 5 years of Mater Dei I taught in the 7th and 8th grade. This the fourteenth year of Mater Dei will be the ninth year when I will be the coordinator of the activities in the Stream and Science labs for grades 1 through 8
1st grade build an Easter basket with a handle to accommodate 8 plastic eggs.
2nd grade make a domino fall with obstacles
3rd grade test strength of paper layers.
4th grade build Indian habitats.
5th grade duplicate famous landmarks using Legos
6th grade build a paper chair for a bear
7th grade build a spaghetti tower to hold a large marshmallow.
8th grade build Newton cradles.
