STEAM

Science - Technology - Engineering - Art - Math

The Alamo's STEAM lessons connect its more than 300-year history to different concepts in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Students engage in hands-on activities to learn how STEAM fields influenced Alamo history and apply classroom concepts to real-world situations. Designed for 4th to 8th graders, these lessons can also be adapted for younger or older audiences.

Archaeologist looking at soil inside excavation unit — KODAK Digital Still Camera

Lesson Plan

Archaeology and the Rock Cycle

In this activity, students model sediment deposition by reading a story that transports them through time and creating strata with deposited artifacts. They then become amateur archaeologists, excavating an archaeological site, cataloging artifacts, and making inferences.

Living Historian showing a cannon to a young girl — www.joshhuskin.com

Lesson Plan

The Science of Cannons

In this activity, students will investigate chemical reactions and energy conversions during cannon firing as they create film canister cannons with Alka Seltzer and water.

An old live oak inside the Alamo's gardens.

Lesson Plan

Ecosystems

In this activity, students will explore ecosystems through the lens of the early San Antonio River Valley. They will then create their own self-sustaining ecosystems by planting two seeds to model how ecosystems sustain themselves.

Science - Technology - Engineering - Art - Math

Archaeology and the Rock Cycle

The Science of Cannons​

Ecosystems

The Science of Cannons