Maria Swift

Elementary STEAM Instructor for Noblesville Schools

"Science is simply the word we use to describe a method of organizing your curiosity." -- Tim Minchin

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

4th graders built tools to retrieve Smalls' baseball from the Beast's yard. @NobleCrossing #STEAMeducation

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@amywbrown @NobleCrossing I am so excited!! It is one of the best days of the year.

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

Mechanical energy research + collorative problem solving = successful pendulum waves @NobleCrossing

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@NobleCrossing scientists explore the relationship between potential energy and speed to design and build a solution to protect their egg in a collision. And they practiced experimental design, measuring, data collection, charting, finding patterns in data, making predictions...

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@NobleCrossing 2nd graders explored through hands-on activities at @IndianaMuseum STEAM Days. We explored the ISS, built and raced cars, made pottery, flew planes, designed and built race cars and much more.

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@NobleCrossing kinders are exploring animal structures and learned that some animals camouflage to hide from predators. They hid their own moths around our room. #STEAMeducation

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

How do plants "pull up" water? How do roots overcome gravity? @NobleCrossing kinders experiment with capillary action. #STEAM

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

How it started. How it is going. I miss my @NobleCrossing scientists already.

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

These @NobleCrossing firsties became weather watchers this week. We explored how to prepare for severe weather and created P̶u̶r̶d̶u̶e̶ Noblesville themed breeze buddies to help predict storms. 😉

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

We finished our week of pendulum research and builds with a fun (and slightly messy) paint project. @NobleCrossing #STEAMeducation

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

May the force be strong with our Pacers tonight #pacersgamenight

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

I appreciate that an enthusiastic @NobleCrossing 3rd grade scientist reached out to @BrianWilkes59wx about our STEAM class' weather activities. Thank you for the video Brian! We kept our eyes on those stratus clouds today.
https://t.co/70TBPaCcc7

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@tarynhassler @WesDicken @MrsJones5th @NobleCrossing I love this! They were excited to share their noticings.

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@BInbodenNCE scientists used collaboration and efficient designs to crush the @NobleCrossing One Sheet Paper Chain Challenge records. #STEAMclassroom

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@NobleCrossing roller coaster engineers ask the important questions. What works? What doesn't work? How can we improve our solution? #STEAM #STEAMeducation

[Wes Dicken @WesDicken]

These @NobleCrossing Tigers built paper airplanes & tested how far they’d glide while carrying “cargo”. They discussed how to gradually add weight, how to collect data, and how to use their data to make predictions for future test flights.
#STEAM #STEAMeducation @MissSwiftNCE

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

"My plane glided 4 feet further when I added weight." "I think I have more lift because my wings are larger." "Maybe if you thrust up more it will go further." Engaging discussions in the @NobleCrossing #STEAMclassroom

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

It is powerful to see our students take ownership of their notes, designs and data.

[Wes Dicken @WesDicken]

The use of #STEAM journals for vocab, writing/sketching ideas & concepts, collecting data, & recording results has been fun to watch. Students love having their own spot for their ideas & notes. Being able to go back and reference vocab/ideas has been helpful.

[Maria Swift @MissSwiftNCE]

@NobleCrossing engineers explored gravity and potential and kinetic energy by building rollercoasters. #STEAMclassroom