Teri Rennie

Teaching Science, Math, and Language

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Hard at work today for the #junkdrawerraces as we participate in the Grade 8
#hydrauliccranechallenge
@GandyHappenings @DDSB_STEM
Learning lots of life skills on top of seeing great teamwork, collaboration, lots of smiles and pure joy 🥰

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Grade 7’s are testing to see which material type is the best at conducting heat energy! #STEM @GandyHappenings @DDSB_STEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Grade 7’s testing their bridges! Twist was limiting their building supplies and adding in a weather variable to test for. Testing for critical load and deflection.
#Engineering #STEMeducation @DDSBSchools @DDSB_STEM @GandyHappenings

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

From a cube to a house!

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

STEM challenge with woodworking! Challenge is to design a cube with a volume of 64cm cubed. Sounds easy, but 2-D isn’t the same as 3-D! @GandyHappenings @DDSB_STEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

No internet at school? No problem! STEM Challenge with the Grade 7’s.
Goal: design a tower that can support a textbook using limited materials. A surprise introduction to our form and function unit. @GandyHappenings @DDSB_STEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Had @Chefalecole in this afternoon to teach us about French and Métis culture while we made sugar cookies! Lots of smiling faces and learning @GandyHappenings

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Grade 8 First 20 Days of Math: Coping with Challenges. #first20daysofmath use digits 1-9 and basic operations to make the numbers 1-30. Real teamwork and great communication! @GandyHappenings

[Casey Hackett @MrsHackett305]

I think I’ve finished the digital Reader & Writer Notebook for my students (maybe?). Feel free to use and share (easily modified). I accept payment of kids reading and writing widely. https://t.co/I71UmHh9Hl

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Such an amazing resource! An excellent method to incorporate infographics, for the “new Math” curriculum, into Language class.

[Christine Senior @senior_mrs]

It's done. Thanks to @MrCAndersonOCT for collaborating. His slides are the ones that look really good. 😀

Enjoy and share as you wish. If any of them spark some great student writing, I'd love to know. Okay for Grades 7-12, best for 9-12.

https://t.co/Ywj5RXoc8L

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

More pictures of the Grade 8’s Rube Goldberg Machines in development @GandyHappenings #GandySTEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Grade 8’s working hard on their Rube Goldberg Machines! They are recording their progress as they go: successes, and problems encountered. It’s amazing to see the resiliency and troubleshooting skill set develop as they go! @GandyHappenings #GandySTEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Tech Team was all hands on deck today putting together our new @VEXRobotics kits and competition field that the SCC purchased for the school! @GandyHappenings

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Grade 7’s testing the critical load of their bridges. An exciting day! @GandyHappenings Now time to individually reflect on the experience on FlipGrid!

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Grade 7’s working hard and collaborating on their bridge design challenge. Limited to 40 straws and 1 m of tape. Needed to select 1 of 4 bridge designs, were randomly assigned a weather variable. Must withstand 125g/250g and span 35cm/25cm @GandyHappenings #GandySTEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Testing out straw shapes to see forces in action. Students were restricted to 50cm of tape and 19 straws. Using resources (tape) wisely was definitely a challenge for the groups. Glad we learned this now before we build bridges #formandfunction @GandyHappenings @DDSB_STEM

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

First week back and we are exploring the area of squares with right triangles to see if there is a pattern #GandyNumeracy @GandyHappenings

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

@GandyHappenings #GandySTEM #GandyHourofCode

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

#HourofCode2019 was so much fun! Students stepped up to the #keepondancing challenge. They also raced @Sphero and the #codeapillar through an obstacle course! Thanks for the amazing ideas @hourofcode !

[Teri Rennie @renthestem]

Started off our Patterning unit today! Students visualized the constant and the multiplier for their self-created patterns. @GandyHappenings #gandymath