STEM at EMK

Check out the awesome STEM-tivities and science lessons we do at Ethel McKnight Elementary! Ms. Vomacka here to teach us that SCIENCE IS FUN!

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@jsbenson76 @LEGO_Group @Sphero @wresWildcats Love it! How much time did they have?

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For #ReadAcrossAmerica week, EMK has picked "The Paletero Man" by Lucky Diaz as the school book! Ks learned about optical illusions and made paleta popsicle spinners! @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi #STEM4Them

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2nd grade learned about composite shapes, architecture, and bridges from around the world. They built their own stable, free-standing bridges using @strawbees that could withstand quick stress-tests! @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi #STEM4Them

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@Readinggirl73 Thank you, Ms. Dunk!! The kids are rockin' it this year!

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It's almost TG at EMK! Ks built dinner tables with @KEVAplanks big enough for a feast! 1sts built strong turkey hideouts with @3Duxdesign that didn't break! 2nds designed turkeytrot obstacle courses! Also turkey pin fine motor practice! #STEM4Them @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK

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1sts and 2nds celebrated #internationaldotday by being creative with the 12 Dot Challenge from @carlyandadam and then used @quivervision to see their best dot in AR! Kinders used fine motor skills to build rainbow dot chains! @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi #STEM4Them

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Our K-2ers started off the year with cooperative building challenges using @KEVAplanks and shapes puzzles! Some groups showed off their creativity with silly freebuilds ;) @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi #STEM4Them

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@ISTEofficial Lots of STEM-learning, friend-making, flare-linking, and swag-collecting happened in the past 4 days at #ISTELive !! @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi @EWRSDK12

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@jcampbellteach @BrownDogGadgets @BrownDogGadgets is amazing!!! We bought lots of parts from them for our STEM night and it was so quick and easy! I love their teacher sample kits!

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@ISTEofficial I got some great K-2 STEM classroom+project+stemnight ideas from @BrownDogGadgets @kiwico_inc and @luxblox (and I'm using @AdobeExpress for this collage) ;) STEM has all the fun stuff!!!~ #ISTELive

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We got @EVERFIK12 AND sloths!!! Having fun and learning a ton at @ISTEofficial #ISTE23 @EMKsusinskitech @StemEmk @NicoleFoulksEMK @EWRSDK12

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@strawbees @schwankert_stem

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💝 It’s #TeacherAppreciationWeek!

🥳To celebrate, we are giving away 10 Imagination Kits! 💡💡💡

US EDUCATORS — to enter here: RT this tweet and follow @strawbees. Bonus entry: tag a fellow teacher who deserves this.

THANK YOU, teachers, for ALL you do!

#giveaway #GiveawayAlert #STEAMeducation #ThankATeacher #appreciation #grateful

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The force is strong with our 1sts! For #MayThe4th we learned how droids were made for #StarWars movies and built our own movable BB models w plates, wire, and paper! #STEM4Them @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi

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Our Ks are droid designers this week! We learned how BB8 and R2 went from sketches to droids as prop designers and engineers followed the EDP! #MayThe4thBeWithYou Credit to @katepickle for the great printables! @EWRSDK12 #STEM4Them @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi

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@jsbenson76 @wresWildcats Ooh those look really cool! What's the name of that block set?!

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@YaelGogolev @fangmous @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi Sure! It was originally made by Chrissy
@getSTEAMedup @PLDLibraryEWRSD
who is one of our amazing district librarians :) I adapted it for our K-2 kiddos and threw in a rubric because of SGOs. Here is a link if you want to make a copy and edit! https://t.co/sZiMuQQoPI

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1sts read Invent-A-Pet by @fangmous, followed the formula to draw their designs, and built their pets using paper, toothpicks, and fasteners to practice making moving parts. #STEM4Them @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi

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@jsbenson76 @fangmous @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi It was originally made by Chrissy @getSTEAMedup who is one of our amazing district librarians :) I adapted it for our K-2 kiddos and threw in a rubric because of SGOs. Here is a link if you want to make a copy and edit! https://t.co/sZiMuQQoPI

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Our Ks got to use our new Clixo sets! We learned about how magnets work and got to build some cool creative stuff! #STEM4Them @EWRSDK12 @NicoleFoulksEMK @mr_mtozzi