Nicole Gordon

teacher of the gifted, maker, designer, PBL, sustainability goals, innovation, global competency advocate

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

It's so rewarding when the classroom learning extends to the real world. This student researched and recreated the Water Tower Place in Chicago then compared her model to the real one! #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

How do you show permafrost through art? 3rd graders used a variety of mediums to show their understanding. @BlackwellLEAP #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

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5th grade students are taking an adult class. Today, we used home affordability calculators and Zillow to shop for houses within our budgets AND that met our personal needs. Critical eyes spotted good deals, questionable locations, and haunted houses. :) #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Creating Route 66 State Park proposals with @CDGEngineersInc and starting new adventures with others for #FriendshipFebruary with @BlackwellLEAP #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

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After researching and creating a new lost city, 3rd graders used the @glowforge and 3D printer to design artifacts found by archaeologists. Can you guess the ancient civilizations used as inspo? #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

After researching mushrooms, students brainstormed new concepts to include in the Super Mario realm. They showed concepts through stop motion, @Dremel3D prints, and @glowforge models. @GiftedFlyers #WhyWeFly

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Driving @Sphero to mimic the path of trash, showing that our trash doesn't have to end in a landfill.

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

5th graders are measuring, creating scale, adding joints, and experimenting with wire to build anatomically correct scaled models of themselves as superheroes. #STEMeducation #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Exploring artifacts and examining design decisions like curators. Great field trip to plan for our own future Medieval Museum @GiftedFlyers @BlackwellLEAP @MrsHudsonFLYERS #MissouriHistoryMuseum

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Thursday highlights include students bringing in their own bugs for our compost bin, investigating worms, testing compression & tension, and building geodesic domes.

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

TWIT (This week in teaching) worry stones, critiquing Pong, mock archaeological dig, and soil investigations #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

What does summer look like for teachers? Possible collaboration with Grant's Farm and a behind the scenes tour as well as receiving an ITEF grant to attend NAGC in the fall. Maximize your time "off" #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers @ITEFSTL @GrantsFarm @NAGCGIFTED

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

#WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Enjoyed using @Goosechase to give students purpose and fun during our field trip yesterday at @STLScienceCtr

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Our collab with @stlzoo gave students voice in proposing new ideas for the children's zoo. Shout out to the amazing staff that listened to our presentations from 1st and 2nd graders! #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

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@ScienceMagician @MrsHudsonFLYERS Art class?

[Peter Graven @dotsciguy]

My week will include Stream Studies w/ #3dprinting houses by @StFrancisSDWI Ss. @Creality3dP @tinkercad #earthsciences #geology #WeAreSFSD

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Students are following in @JaneGoodallInst footsteps learning all about chimp communication and the distinct individual chimps. #WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers

[Nicole Gordon @NicoleGLEAP]

Creating mood boards to plan for our new gifted center
#WhyWeFly @GiftedFlyers @SteelcaseLearn @SmithSystem @_MaryBlackwell