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#MakerEd Project – Altoid Tin Fume Extractor
I’ve been itching to do an Altoid tin project at some point, and at yesterday’s #HackSunday I finally had the chance! My buddy @danborghoff walked me through making an Altoid Tin Fume Extractor, a project from Make Magazine. This nifty little gadget uses...
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#HackSunday – A Maker Day With Friends
Yesterday was a ton of fun. My friend @kerszi and I drove up to visit @davezirk at the 5eBoard HQ. He was hosting #HackSunday, a maker day for our crazy band of maker educators. There was an open door policy and people were popping in and out all day. There was no...
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Happy New Year
Happy 2016! I decided to disconnect over the holiday break to spend time with family and friends, but now I’m back and catching up. I did have some Maker fun over the break as well – I spent a day at Maker Depot running a STEM Challenge day for their...
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Awesome #STEM Resources For Grades K-5
Last night, I presented a webinar for SimpleK12 on STEM resources for elementary teachers and students. Below is the presentation from that...
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Workshop Resources – Awesome Google Tools: Beyond Drive
Today’s after school workshop is on the plethora of great Google tools available beyond Drive and...
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Lightsaber Build
This weekend I joined the folks at Maker Depot for a lightsaber class. It was tons of fun, and resulted in an awesome looking prop lightsaber. They are fun and easy to make with just a few items. Here’s how! Materials: Let’s Build...
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Crystal Snowflakes, A Favorite Winter STEM Lab
This week, with the holidays fast approaching, I did the crystal snowflake lab with several of my classes. I love this fun and easy lab, and the finished product makes a great ornament or suncatcher. Want to try this lesson yourself? Check it out...
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3D Design Class At Maker Depot
This Saturday I was back at Maker Depot for a 3D Design and Printing class led by the amazing Marcos Navas. This was a class specifically for educators to learn about how to use 3D design in the classroom. We had a great group of teachers join us, and spent several...
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Must Print All The Things!
I have discovered that 3D printing is highly addicting. Once you start, you just want to make more and more! It doesn’t help when many of your friends are also hooked on 3D printing and keep sharing ideas and models. I have a feeling a good portion of my...
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Camping #STEM
You know you are a STEM obsessed teacher when… …you are already planning activities for next year, and it’s only December! Every fall we take our fifth graders camping for three days in the Delaware Water Gap. I go along as the photographer, and we...
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