Halloween STEM Challenges are the perfect way to keep kids engaged all throughout October. The best part — there are so many connections to your science and other subject areas, you’ll be using every drop of your instructional minutes like a pro while your students proclaim you the best teacher ever! If you’re a STEM […]
Distance Learning Freebies
In strange times like these, I like to find silver linings where I can. As teachers around the country are being thrown into preparing weeks of distance learning for their students due to coronavirus precautions, I’m seeing so much generosity in the educational community from large businesses to smaller sellers alike. I’ll be compiling […]
STEM Ideals Character Education
For years, I’ve struggled to figure out how to help my students think like scientists. After all, I gave them plenty of hands-on experiences with STEM Challenges, labs, and more (but who can ever have enough, really?)! I finally sat down one day and journaled about it. What traits was I really looking for students […]
STEM Challenges: Breadth vs. Depth
Time is a precious, precious classroom resource. We are forced to make concessions and compromises to all the wonderful lessons, projects, and labs we know will enrich our students! With that in mind, when it comes to STEM Challenges, what should be our focus: breadth or depth? I share my thoughts in the video […]
Help! Why Do My Students Hate STEM Challenges?
Everyone LOVES STEM Challenges, right?! Nothing in life is that simple! Good news though: most students do love STEM Challenges, and the few who don’t might just learn to if you make a few small adjustments in how you implement STEM Challenges! In the video below, I’ve identified the three most common student types who […]
A Few of My Favorite Things
Christmas is coming, hooray! Since this season is a time of sharing, I thought it would be fun to share a few of my favorite things for the classroom. In fact, I think it would be extra fun to give one away every day for five days starting December 15! If you’ve ever seen one […]
8 Post-Build Discussion Questions for STEM Challenges
Last week, I shared with you how vital the post-build activities are to getting all goodness from your STEM Challenges. If you’re going to devote the time, you may as well get every last drop of value, right?! In addition to the gallery walk, present/demo, Q&A, and individual design analysis, I find the group discussion […]
Post-Build Phase of the STEM Challenge Cycle: What’s Next?
Time constraints sometimes cause us to short-change the rich post-build activities: presentation, Q&A, discussion, and design analysis, but don’t do it! Taking the time to let students discuss and analyze their designs is absolutely crucial to developing skills and making meaning of the whole process. In this video, I’ll take you through the steps I […]
Three Stages of the STEM Challenge Teacher
Do you consider yourself a beginner, experienced, or an advanced teacher in implementing STEM Challenges? Watch to see where you are in your journey and what to add to your bag of tricks to level up your game! Or if you prefer to read & reflect, I’ve included the video transcription directly below it. If […]
Pros and Cons of STEM Challenge Budgets
I just know a lot of you will disagree with me, but I am not a fan of STEM Challenge budgets for student materials in most cases. I am always happy to engage in friendly, healthy debate though! Watch the video below or read the transcript to see my take on it, then let me […]
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