by Meredith Martin | Mar 31, 2015 | Chromebooks, hardware, Science, STEM
My 6th grade students are learning about cells in science this trimester. This year, thanks to a successful Donor’s Choose project, I have five digital microscopes to share with the kids. I was blown away by how excited they were to look at the slides of plant...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 26, 2015 | STEM
Thanks to a successful Donors Choose project, I received ten Ozobots this week. These disgustingly cute little robots are very simple and very engaging. Basically a dome on two wheels, the Ozobots use optical sensors to follow colored paths either on paper or on an...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 24, 2015 | resources, Science, STEM
This week I started our first Grade Level Challenge. Our fifth grade students will be designing Mars Landers to safely land people (a raw egg) on Mars (the playground after being tossed off the school roof). This is one of my favorite memories from elementary...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 18, 2015 | Collaboration, Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, resources
Here’s the handout from today’s workshop on Google...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 17, 2015 | Google Apps, How-To, Link Soup, Presentations, professional development, resources
I’m a bit behind lately; we’ve been busy preparing for and then taking the PARCC test and it has turned my brain in to mush! Thankfully, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully once testing wraps up this week I can get back to posting....
