This is for the overwhelmed elementary teachers wanting the best for their students. Learn how to use Flipgrid for students during stem challenges or the engineering design process. There is a video tutorial on how to get started with your first topic with included tips for success. What is Flip Grid and Why Do Our Students Need…
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Wondering how to take the wonderful world of stem challenges and the engineering design process paperless? In this post, I will spell how to use a digital engineering journal to use for any design challenge for kids in elementary. What is a Digital Engineering Journal? Kids in elementary go through the engineering design process as they solve real-life…
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When I first got hired as a stem teacher, I remember telling everyone the news. Teachers and non-teachers alike had very similar comments in response. They were all very excited, but I got the sense that many people thought that Stem was something that it wasn’t. In this post, I will address the 5 damaging misconceptions of Stem class, why…
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Teachers use stem challenges as team building activities for kids, but if you are a cart stem teacher that moves from class to class or sees many classes in one week, then you might be wondering how to build community with those classes when you only see them for 30 minutes to an hour a week. In this post, I…
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When I was first hired at my Mexico- bordering district, I remember my students would think an engineer was a train conductor. They had no idea what stem was, and not even my 6th graders could differentiate what each of the letters in stem represented. I learned that my students needed extra support in teaching what Stem is, and…
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