by Meredith Martin | Apr 14, 2015 | resources, Science, STEM
I had a great STEM lab today, trying out one of my new genetics lessons. One of my sixth grade classes came down and we did the Easter Egg Genetics lab. Students had to use punnett squares to determine the potential offspring of different egg colors. We used...
by Meredith Martin | Apr 13, 2015 | Science, STEM
My sixth grade students are learning about DNA and genetics this trimester, and we’ve got a bunch of great labs lined up. Last week we started with a simple and fun activity, making edible DNA. The students used Twizzlers, colored mini-marshmallows, and...
by Meredith Martin | Apr 13, 2015 | Link Soup, Presentations, professional development, resources, STEM, webinar
This weekend I presented a webinar for SimpleK12 on one of my favorite topics – STEM. They asked me to share my favorite fifteen free STEM web tools, which was a struggle for me because there are so many awesome resources out there. I finally managed to narrow...
by Meredith Martin | Apr 9, 2015 | Apps, Chromebooks, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
This Wednesday’s workshop focussed on tools for struggling learners that are available in Chrome. We looked at some of my favorite apps and extensions, and talked about how to use them. Below is the handout with links to the tools. Simply click on the...