Mr. Russo

This year @IS34 we’re launching a brand-new 8th Grade challenge that mixes robotics & 3D modeling! Students will design & prototype custom attachments to transform their bots into players for our very own Rocket League–style arena #STEM #Robotics #3DModeling #RocketLeagueIRL

SUCCESS!! Congrats to our 1st Apollo 13 TEST of 2024! They successfully built their filter in just the nick of time with NO LEAKS! An incredible job by all! #STEM @IS34

Continuing our 10s of #STEM, here’s 7th Grade testing during their #Apollo missions today in class!

Best of luck to our @IS34 7th Grade #STEM teams testing today in the first round of Apollo testing! They’ll have to communicate via radio how to build a working air filter in 15min or less! You’ve got this!!

Let’s Give a little insight! This week i’ll be recording 10s of each grade to give a peek behind what’s going on in @IS34 #STEM! 6th Grade is mid way through Simple Machines with Fantastic Contraption in VR. 7th Grade Apollo is up next!

Our 6thGr #STEM students started their simple machines unit, where they create inventions to solve different problems on the fly! Their only obstacle is using their creativity & ingenuity to overcome any challenge thrown at them! For reference we use STEAM VR & Vive Pro 2 👍

Our @IS34 6thGr #STEM engineers set the pace for our green energy #MAGLEV trains with a distance of 8FT traveled in only 1.59s!!! Now that the baseline is set, it’s time to make some blazing fast levitating trains!!

Congratulations to our @IS34 6thGr #STEM student’s Luca, Alex & Alan on setting a NEW school record of 84FT for Balloon Cars! Thats the furthest traveled in 11 years of our program!! #proudteacher

Our #TinkerCad Tutorials: Part 3 is now out! This is Part 3 of a 5 part series to help #STEM kids get the basics for using TinkerCad in 2024! Tons of animations are added as visual aids throughout the videos & it’s all free! More to come! youtu.be/xWI8jaIs7ws?si=fKQB… via @YouTube

Our @IS34 6th Grade #STEM Balloon Cars are starting to take shape!! Our first tests today hit a maximum distance of 63FT!!! I can’t wait to see what modifications you all make to go even further and break the school record of 73FT!!

Our @IS34 7thGr #STEM #engineers are back at it again as we gear up for the holidays! They’re creating structurally sound buildings that can withstand earthquakes! So far the structural rigidity of the buildings have been able to withstand up to a level 6 on the richter scale!

Congratulations to our @is34 #STEM 7thGr #civilengineers Isabella Kamil & Iman Chaouch setting a new school record! Their K-Truss bridge held a WHOPPING 117.5lbs!! Absolutely incredible feat w/ an efficiency rating over 1,300%!!! #proudteacher #girlsinstem

Congrats to setting a new record in #STEM today!! Our 7thGr PD5 #engineers designed a Warren Truss bridge that held a finishing weight of 93lbs!!! That’s an efficiency rating of over 1000%!! That’s insane! #civilengineering @IS34

You ask and you shall receive!! Bonus footage from today’s 7thGr bridge tests! Here are the end videos from everyone’s tests from today! Fantastic job everyone! @IS34 #civilengineering

Congrats to our @IS34 pd8 7thGr #STEM best bridge test! Today’s winning group designed a Warren-Truss bridge holding a final weight of 85lbs (including weight of testing gear)! Incredible job making it structurally sound with an efficiency rating of over 700%!!

Our @IS34 6thGr #rockets 🚀 are taking flight! After finishing all the measurements and calculations, it was time to see how well their rockets w/ delta, clipped delta & rectangular wings could use thrust & angles to achieve the furthest distance! Amazing work today!!

Our @IS34 PD5 7thGR #STEM #civilengineers are ready to test/calculate the efficiency rating of their balsa bridges! It’s been weeks of work but we’re excited & ready to see how they’ll perform! They chose the following bridge types: Warren, Baltimore, K-Truss, Pennsylvania

It’s that time of the year! Our @IS34 6thGr #STEM students are getting their rockets ready for their 1st launches. They’re measuring how drag, length, overall mass & launch angles affect the rockets thrust! Lots of skills are needed to be precise & they’re doing fantastic!! 🚀