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STEM – Egg Drop Day! Pictures and Reflection
Friday was the big day. My fifth graders had completed their Mars Landers and were ready for the big egg drop. We invited the other classes to attend if they were able, and at 1:30 all of the fifth graders and a large portion of the rest of the school assembled on...
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STEM Lesson – Insect Ecosystem & 3-D Printing
Today we started our first lesson that includes 3-D printing! I am very excited, and so are my students. For this lesson, fourth graders are learning about ecosystems and the animals and insects that live there. Students choose an ecosystem to research, and design...
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STEM Lesson – Monster Genetics
Another day, another genetics lesson. I love this topic, and there are so many neat ways to teach it. This time, I used a lesson I found on TpT called Monster Genetics. What a huge hit! We started by talking about genes and how traits are passed on. We discussed...
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STEM Lesson – The Circulatory System Game
I had a request from a fourth grade teacher for a STEM lesson about human body systems. Since that’s a pretty broad topic, we narrowed it down to the circulatory system. After some online searching, I stumbled across this awesome circulatory system...
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STEM Lesson – Easter Egg Genetics
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...
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STEM Lesson – Edible DNA
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...
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15 Free STEM Tools For Teachers & Students
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...
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Wednesday Workshop – Tech Tools For Struggling Learners
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...
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How Do You Keep 6th Graders Engaged For An Hour? Digital Microscopes!
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...
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Ozobots in Action
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...
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