by Meredith Martin | Feb 5, 2016 | MakerEd, STEM
I cannot even begin to express how much fun my students are having with this challenge! They are coming to the STEM lab keyed up and ready to dive into their projects. I’ve never seen them so excited before. This week, we move on to Phase 2 of the project....
by Meredith Martin | Feb 2, 2016 | MakerEd, STEM
As we continue our design challenge unit, we have begun the Extraordinaires Design Challenge in grades 4-6. I first learned about the Extraordinaires kit from Kevin Jarrett, and it was too good to pass up. I picked up the Design Studio Pro from our local Barnes and...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 22, 2016 | How-To, MakerEd, STEM
The past two weeks have been exceedingly exciting here in the STEM lab. We are starting our unit on the design process, and all of my classes have been doing the Ready, Set, Design! activity from the Cooper-Hewitt museum. Kevin Jarrett has been a great inspiration...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 22, 2016 | How-To, MakerEd, Science, STEM
Here’s a fun activity for younger students – Fizzing Watercolors! I needed a fun and simple activity for my self-contained classes, and this ended up being perfect. We made baking soda watercolor paints, and then dripped vinegar on the finished art to...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 19, 2016 | conference, How-To, MakerEd, Presentations, professional development, resources, STEM
On Friday I had an amazing day talking about Makerspaces and STEM with a wonderful group of educators at the NJPSA headquarters. Almost forty teachers, curriculum coordinators, and administrators spent close to six hours listening to me talk about the how and why of...