I often get asked why STEM education? How did I end up teaching this? Admittedly it was a journey that I didn’t expect for myself, but after a recent podcast interview I was able to really pinpoint why STEM education is aligned to my teaching philosophy which goes way beyond 21st century skills and actually …
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When the pandemic hit I was certain I would never be able to teach my heart out again. For the past five years I’ve been able to be as creative as I want in the classroom by teaching STEM activities for kids, but still standard aligned. I started getting inquiries during the beginning of lockdown …
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Building Class Culture With Team Building Icebreakers The beginning of the school year sets the tone for the rest of the year. This year we must prioritize informal time online during distant learning to build class culture. I’m guilty of forgetting this and it shows in my students. Sometimes we need to break from the …
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Dino-STEM Everyone loves dinosaurs! Almost two years ago I purchased Smart Chick’s Dinosaur STEM packet. And I’m still using it! The students have a great time making fossils and I even go outside to hide them in sand so they could pretend to be paleontologists. For virtual STEM learning I decided to use this as …
Teachers are preparing to transition to hybrid learning, social distant learning and E-learning scenarios for the upcoming school year. Over the last two months I’ve been teaching STEM, robotics, coding and engineering class online to students ages 4-12. I decided to start compiling some great activities with links to the authors and mentioning any tweaks …
The pandemic took the old colloquial model of education and flipped it upside down and inside out. It left the education system feeling practically vulnerable as teachers and outdated pedagogy was exposed for homes to see. However, teachers rised to the challenge. Online teaching is here and here to stay. Although it is magnanimously different …
Cooped up inside with your little ones? Here’s four easy activities do at home using materials from around the house. Can you make an egg float? Materials Water Oil Instant coffee Salt 3 eggs 3 containers Lava Lamp Materials Water Glass jar Effervescent tablet or powder (Eno) Oil Water Xylophone Materials Water Glasses Bubble Wands …