IMAGE GALLERY: Fuller Middle's First-Ever Exhibition of Learning

Wednesday night, parents were invited to attend Fuller Middle School’s first-ever Exhibition of Learning.

The purpose was “to showcase the students’ work from this first year of being a STEAM school” said teacher Talene Orlando.

The middle school, with grade 6, 7, and 8 students, is moving towards project-based learning.

In the gym, each grade level and a couple of teams had a section of the gym to display their history, art, or science projects.

As part of the STEAM (Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Math) curriculum students work on the 5C’s.

The 5C’s are:

• Collaboration: How well do students work with others?
• Critical Thinking: How well can students solve problems?
• Communication: Can the students explain their concepts?
• Creation: Do they produce high quality work?
• Citizenship: Do the students contribute to the community?
  

Students from the rainbow team were showing off their paper-making skills. The English Language Learners explored the science of making paper and then created bookmarks and note cards.

Students on the Crimson team explored agricultural and health topics, and planted and maintained the school’s herb and produce garden.

Allison Broderick focused on healthy recipes and produced a cookbook. She was selling the cookbook for $2.50 each Wednesday night.

One student created paper mache models of the school’s garden. Another student replicated the bugs in the garden using recycled materials, include plastic water bottles, cardboard and bubble wrap.

Across the room members out-of-school-time robotics club were showing off their creations to a large crowd.

In the middle of the room, grade six students were testing the structure of their created building on the earthquake table that was purchased, via a grant from the Framingham Education Foundation.

Grade 8 students showcased their expertise on medieval topics. Some drew intricate castles and others created 3-D models, including Jason Klein.

Several grade 7 students explained how clean water can be provided to those in third-world countries.

Several SAGE students showcased their research project at the event, too.

Editor’s Note: Originally posted on June 18. Updated to fix typo.

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Click on the link to view more than 40 photos from the event, from Petroni Media Company.