STEM4Learning

I am a Technology Integrationist, Innovational Learning Coach and international consultant passionate about great STEM teaching and learning.

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Shouts of joy at getting your EV3 robot to knock a moon rock free from the crater . . . love the enthusiasm! #lego #ev3 #robots #stem4learning #nega #cvsdvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Seeing some great coding and engineering as we learn https://t.co/NoZIfq3PtM's EV3 platform for our new NASA Artemis challenge - If you are a lego league vet you probably recognize a few of our old challenges from year's past! #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted #stem4l

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

5th and 6th graders learn some basic woodworking using drills, saws & sanders to create a cedar "something" holder. Then they add a Cricut vinyl sticker or some posca art - makes a fun project & my room smells like cedar for a couple weeks :-) #cvsdvt #vted #stem4l #wcsvt

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The mesmerizing beauty of physics (gravity vs force tension) in pendulum motion

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A master carpenter in the making - wrapping up a grad challenge project improving on a garden box with hinges and new tops. Love the final double power drill pose - great look :-)

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Our WCS librarian had a great idea this week - turning some discard book covers into a new Library sign by lasercutting with our Glowforge. Love how these came out - and definitely going to be collecting other discards for some more making! #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Check out the celebration as this crew succeeds on the maze - struggled all period & then came back at recess to finish up, loved the perseverance to learn degrees & cm measurement - the missing link! Not often assessments end in hugs and cheers :-) #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted #edison

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

The microbit instruments are probably my favorite #flipgrid assessments since they really let me see, hear & assess the projects. This pair of baby sharks might be one of my favorites all year - have to love when a summative puts a smile on a students face! #cvsdvt #vted #wcsvt

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Can you deliver a lego brick of fire suppressant to the poor koalas trapped in the midst of an Australian wildfire?? That's the coding challenge that is wrapping up our #Edison robot coding for this year - one of my favorite coding challenges! #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Last week of school & our final Makerspace projects are coming together for 7th and 8th grade - some fantastic LED light designs are engraving on the Cricuts and the wood bases are just about all sanded and stained - ending the year on a high note for sure! #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Our advisory just wrapped up a few weeks of bonding by making - exploring a woodworking project - not sure it's the best option to send every off to class with a candy jar of skittles / M&M's but at least the day started off with some high energy smiles! #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Who doesn't love a live concert - this one features a full orchestra of our #microbit instruments playing some hot tunes such as Mary Had a Little Lamb and the Barney theme all in a beautiful dissonant cacophony! #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

1 of many perks in "Making" with students is even these last weeks high engagement is the norm - literally had to kick kids out at the end of class since they wanted to keep working on their microbit instruments . . . concert video coming soon! #cvsdvt #wsdvt #vted #microbit

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

It was #knex Bridgeapoolza today - 11 unique designs spanning our 1 meter chasm to see if they let our two Beanie Baby cows cross the road to new pasture. 6 were fully successful - and 5 fell into "not yet" . . . definitely some creative 3rd / 4th graders #cvsdvt #wcsvt #vted

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Love using makecode blocks, microbit & monkmakes spkr to have students code a few simple songs, & then let them loose on their own. Today's best new idea - using if / then loops and random variables to have the code "create" music on the fly! #cvsdvt #vted #wcsvt #microbit

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Love those moments when a new idea emerges - this is 1st bridge building team thought to add a middle "pier" to support their meter bridge . . . . now just have to build some collaboration spirit as they accuse everyone of "stealing" their creativity! :-( #cvsdvt #vted #wcsvt

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

@TechieSciGuy @glowforge @FHTuttleMS Look forward to seeing what sort of student work you come up with for the Glowforge - I love the tool but honestly still struggling a bit to find the sustainable way to integrate with a full class. Love to share ideas!

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

Today I got to eavesdrop on a couple students actually talking about how exciting it would be to become a civil engineer (yes they even knew the career) as they were working on their Knex bridge prototype 2 - talk about a Friday gift of inspiration! #cvsdvt #wsdvt #vted #knex

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

K'nex is an awesome platform for sustainable design challenges - . In just 1 period we had 12 unique bridges capable of holding at least 2 beanie babies - and then strength tested to give some background for prototype 2 (twice the span!) tomorrow. #cvsdvt #vted #wsdvt #knex

[STEM4Learning @Stem4L]

A typical flipgrid summative - share what you made, how it works & how you problem-solved the challenge . . . the enthusiasm is totally optional but this team sure brought it to share their learning. Have to love the chicken cheese tender energy! #cvsdvt #wsdvt #vted #flipgrid