Breathing Techniques From Our GEM Curriculum
5-5-10 Breathing
Get in an upright seated position with your back straight, feet flat on the floor and roll
your shoulders back, making sure you can breathe easily.
INHALE through the nose for a count of 5
HOLD for a count of 5
EXHALE through the mouth for a count of 10!
(10 seconds is a long-time! Remember to breath slow and calmly)
Repeat 3x!
This type of breathing helps us to clear our minds, by having our brains focus on the breathes and counts, rather than stress.
Healthy Fruits, Vegetables & Grains We Should Eat
Rye Cereal
- Good source of fiber, vitamin E, calcium, iron, and potassium
- Reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, breast cancer, and diabetes
- Carb-rich grain which helps to make you feel full
- Incorporated in many baked goods, crackers, and breads
- Once known as “poverty grain” because it grows well in poor soils
- Rye is used as a winter cover crop to capture nutrients and enhance soil health
- Russia is the biggest producer and consumer of rye
- Most often gets processed into flour for bread or fed to livestock
- Whole rye berries can be boiled and consumed, which provide a sweet and nutty taste
Walk With Ease
Spring Sessions
Walk and Roll
Spring Sessions
The STEAM Team is here to provide lessons, activities, curriculum support for Delaware teachers, leaders, afterschool programs and 4-H communities. Our overall goal is to teach youth leadership skills and STEAM-themed topics to bring back to their communities.
BECOME A STEAM AMBASSADOR
Joining the STEAM Team means you are a youth interested in becoming a STEAM Ambassador—learning STEAM-themed lessons to take back to your youth group, school or community. You, the “STEAM Ambassador,” will lead by teaching a STEAM-based lesson/activity to others!
Twila is your point of contact. She will guide you through becoming a STEAM Ambassador. Get you set up with lesson topics and materials and guide you through the process of taking on the role of a leader in STEAM education.
STEAM Ambassadors will meet on Zoom with Twila, learn a STEAM topic and bring it back to their youth groups, schools and communities!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Parents, grandparents, college students, high school seniors — We need you!
This STEAM Team is developed to get our Delaware youth thinking innovatively, we need youth to use their talents, and develop their intelligence working collaboratively. Are you someone who is interested in positively impacting our youth and community?
Volunteers are crucial to this program. You do not need a background in STEAM to be part of this experience. On the STEAM TEAM, youth drive their learning while volunteers offer support and guidance. If you are interested please fill in the Form linked below and we will be in touch with you shortly!
Volunteers are still needed for the same reason: Adults wanting to interact with youth and share their love for STEAM education. Volunteers will attend the same STEAM Team Ambassadors Zoom and learn a STEAM topic to take back and teach to their schools and communities.
January’s $100 Amazon Plogging Gift Card Goes to…
Gerry McVey! Congratulations to Gerry on plogging over 45 pounds of aluminum cans, plastic bottles, cardboard, fast food containers, and glass canisters in various Newark locations and shopping centers. Thank you, Gerry!
Dates to Remember:
February 20, 2025: Session 1 Registration Deadline- Walk with Ease & Walk and Roll
March 5, 2025: Entry Deadline for National Drug & Alcohol Facts Contest
March 27, 2025: Session 2 Registration Deadline-Walk with Ease & Walk and Roll