Kevin Vance

Science and Technology Teacher, Science Olympiad Coach, Father, Husband, Nature-lover.

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

#MarshmallowChallenge 2022! 30 pieces of spaghetti, 1 meter of tape, 1 meter of string, and 1 marshmallow. How high can you go? 58 cm was our record! #egrmsInnovationLab #innovation #StemEducation #stemgineer #STEMed

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

#ozobot firework show (with coded music)!!! #coding #egrmsInnovationLab #robotics @Ozobot #STEM #StemEducation #makerspace

[Mr. Mac @mrmacmathsci]

#egrmsinnovationlab 7th graders went hard on the @makeymakey projects. Thanks to #egrmspto for the UV Light wands to make getting tech back into student hands possible! #steamed #makerspace #electrify #stem #makeymakey

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Our first student creation! Thank you!

[Principal Dykhouse @EGRMSPrincipal]

Thank you to the EGRMS PTO for the mini-grant for a new 3D printer for our Innovation Lab! @mrmacmathsci @ktvance @MrsHardman12 @egrpschools @EgrMiddle

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

#RegattaWeek at #EGRMS ends with a bang in Science classes where the goal for 8th graders was to build a boat (with a hole in it) out of cardstock that would hold the most mass. Thanks #egrmspto for the continued support!

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Droid towers have been completed...and the winner is...132.6 cm tall! #egrmsInnovationLab #Engineering #droid #R2D2 #engineeringEducation #CraftSticksAndHotGlue #ifyoubuildithewillbalance

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

We now have a "goodbye" machine to go with our "hello" machine! @makeymakey @scratch #egrmsInnovationLab #edtech #edtechchat #makeymakey #Scratch #translator #helloandgoodbye

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

First day of Advanced #engineering in the #egrmsInnovationLab and we built towers to support a Play-Doh container using spaghetti and Play-Doh. #engineeringeducation #tensionandstress #leaningtowers #trianglesarestrong #widebase

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Building #earthquakeProof buildings with 8th grade students in Science! A great review of seismic waves mixed with #Engineering #engineeringeducation #NGSS #scienceEducation #shakingWithJello #earthquake

[Doug Jenkins @jenkinsdouglas]

Great open house EGRMS Pioneer Robotics. Thank you for sharing all the different aspects of your work this year. Awesome to see so many teachers in attendance! @HeidiKattula @AMoreyEGR @ktvance @mrmacmathsci @stbrinks @egrpschools @dsmithELA8

[East Grand Rapids SF @EGRSFandALUMNI]

The Foundation is proud to support the daredevils of the EGRMS Innovation Lab. Join us at Recharge March 28 for more thrilling stunts! https://t.co/8AHEHHVEfp

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Our last day of #EGRMSInnovationLab Advanced Engineering! #GeodesicDome #EngineeringEducation #NewspaperAndTapeOnly #HeWhoMakethBreaketh #engineering #HowMany8thGradersCanWeFit

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Ollie is showing off in the #egrmsInnovationLab @Sphero @SpheroEdu #robotics #jumptwosixthgraders #spinmove

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Working through our #Robotics rotations with some great resources funded by our @EGRSFandALUMNI #egrmsInnovationLab @Makeblock @Sphero @SpheroEdu @Ozobot #edtechchat #edtech #sphero #ozobot #makeblock #mBot #coding

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

I love the creative use of magnets to create this bowling game. It took many trials and errors to come up with this plan but it works! #egrmsInnovationLab #bowling #magnets #wallgames #creativeSolutions #3Dprinting

[Mr. Mac @mrmacmathsci]

They didn't know what to call their code and creation using @adafruit in #egrmsinnovationlab but I'm thinking the Dandelion or Inverse Candle. #egrmspto #egrschoolsfoundation #steamed #code #createvsconsume #edtech #edtechchat #womeninstem

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

#TicTacToe has hit our #egrmsInnovationLab wall of projects! #creativity #3dprint #edtech #edtechchat #PlayAQuickGameBetweenClasses

[Kevin Vance @ktvance]

Using #Tinkercad to create #3DPrinted models of #Stonehenge #MarinaBaySands #StBasilsCathedral and #AbrajAlBait in the #egrmsInnovationLab @autodesk #edtech #edtechchat #engineering #3Dprinting

[East Grand Rapids Public Schools @egrpschools]

On the heels of our successful high school Esports program, it is Game On at East Middle School! Below our MS students practice Rocket League and Super Smash Bro's. Signup: https://t.co/kj5f7Tubs3 #GoEast @HeidiKattula @Craig_Weigel @EGRMSPrincipal @HMcKinneyRewa @jfee37

[Doug Jenkins @jenkinsdouglas]

East Grand Rapids sixth grade robotics students building robots and coding missions. Thank you to @hollgoul and the Kent District Library in EGR for partnering in this project! @KDLNews @egrpschools @HeidiKattula @jfee37 @HMcKinneyRewa @EGRMSPrincipal