Talawanda STEM

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Mrs. Chasteen’s class learned about productive struggle and flexible thinking with this cup tower challenge! Students used their struggle strategies to persevere and be productive.

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Marshall 3rd graders are learning about teamwork and creative problem solving this week with the infamous LONGEST paper chain challenge!

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Marshall 4th & 5th graders are imagining, planning and designing a candy launching machine. Check out the collaboration in these pictures! Stay tuned for updates as they bring these ideas to life.

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Check out these coders at Kramer! Started off with an “unplugged” coding challenge where the class directed the “robot” through the mystery maze using coding commands. Next we hopped on https://t.co/0AFZTwfuyx which allowed students to try guided coding lessons at their level.

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Kramer 3rd grade architects used the engineering design process to imagine, plan, create, test and improve a house that would protect our piggies 🐷 🐷 🐷 from the big bad wolf 🐺

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Check out this FREE event coming up in Oxford! Bring your  jack-o’-lanterns and have some fun. I know a lot of elementary engineers who would love to see this machine in action. Mark your calendars and hope to see you there! 🎃

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4th graders at Kramer are learning about medieval military machines. Students used the engineering design process to imagine, plan, create, test and improve their candy launching machines. 🎃 🍭 🍬

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Meet Drake, a 4th grader at Kramer. This is what pride in your work and overwhelming joy looks like after you've overcome countless failures. Here's to developing our perseverance!

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Marble Challenges at Kramer reinforced how important it is to have EVERYONE on your team engaged and part of the solution. This is teamwork at its finest!

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Longest Paper Chain Challenge with Kramer 3rd grade!

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Meet Talawanda's Elementary STEM Instructor!
Heidi Sebald previously served as a Gifted Intervention Specialist at Bogan and Marshall and led the ETC/GRIT program. It was in this role she developed a passion for STEM education and began collaborating with Talawanda's STEM team.

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Skeeball! Talawanda Bogan 5th graders made games! #STEM

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5th graders made games and 1st and 2nd graders are playing them @BoganSchool #STEM

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Wooseball- you throw the balls toward the rings. You get tickets (there’s a kid in the box) #STEM #Talawanda

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Volleyball #STEM #Talawanda

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Racing simulator

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Basketball #STEM #Talawanda

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Ping Pong #STEM #Talawanda

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Basket Pin uses a catapult to shoot foam balls #STEM #Talawanda

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These fifth graders made their own hockey game #STEM #Talawanda