‘Tis the season for more holiday fun (with substance) with Christmas STEM Challenges and Winter STEM Challenges! A brief description of each challenge is available on this post, and more information is available by clicking on each challenge title below. – Candy Cane Calamity – Reindeer Relay – Sleigh & Slope or Sled & Slope […]
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Thanksgiving STEM Challenge Events
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so it’s time to give thanks for holiday STEM challenges! This month, I have a new set of five challenges in store that, together, loosely follow the path of Pilgrims settling in America. These challenges comprise the Thanksgiving STEM Challenge 5-in-1 Bundle! The Thanksgiving STEM challenge storyline is this: […]
Halloween STEM Challenge Events
You’ve done it. You’ve survived the first several weeks of school! Your procedures are in place. The students know your high expectations. Once October rolls around, a little fun is in order, don’t you think? But not just any kind of fun — fun with substance! Fun you can feel good about in your classroom […]
STEM vs. “Traditional” Design
In my last post, “In a Test-Weary World, Design!“, I laid out a chart comparing and contrasting STEM Design vs.”Traditional” Design. You might wonder why the “Traditional” is in quotation marks. Many people would consider traditional design in line with project-based learning (PBL). In a PBL approach, a content is typically taught through formal lessons […]
NGSS: 7 Steps for Getting Started
If you’ll be rolling out NGSS this year, you might be unsure where to begin. Below are 7 steps to get you started. 1) Gut Check You have been told you will be implementing the Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and you have seen a few examples of these standards. The changes from your previous science […]
NGSS & the Romantic Comedy: More in Common than You Think
Will your district be implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) this year? If so, have you gut-checked your visceral reaction to the news? If you’ve been around awhile, you might anticipate the introduction of a new set of standards much as you do jury duty or summer flu. There’s a chance you’ve come to see […]
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