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Recent Blog Posts
STEM Makeover! Gingerbread Houses: How to Turn Your Activity Into Authentic STEM
Building gingerbread houses is a popular classroom activity this time of year. Although the activity can be craft-based (ergo, everyone does the same craft, and it’s just about your students creating something that they can bring home) here’s our STEAM makeover version that hits math and NGSS! Any project that involves building can be adapted into STEM/STEAM with just
Make the Most of Your Donors Choose Project Request
Donors Choose is a fantastic way to get STEM materials that are under $1,000 for your classroom, and right now through December is the perfect time for submitting your projects. As the year comes to a close, there are individuals and companies around the country that are looking for charities to support for tax purposes. Many of these donors are
STEM Makeover: Tackling Mystery Science’s Turkey Lesson and Turn it Into Authentic STEM
This week, we’re tackling Mystery Science’s “What’s that red thing on a turkey?” lesson and aligning it to the NGSS! Check out the video below, and if you want the turkey sheets, get them from our resource library by going here!
How to Equip Your Makerspace for Under $200
More and more, teachers are looking to empower their students to be creators, makers, and engineers. In the land of open-ended problem-solving, few things are more enticing than creating a makerspace. But what exactly should go in a makerspace? What would a makerspace look like if you spent less than $200 setting it up? The first question is
How to Add Rigor to Your Elementary STEM Lessons
Hey! We are still working on our vlog series about the NGSS and crosscutting concepts, but we wanted to share a resource with you that
How to Teach the NGSS in Three Dimensions: Understanding the How, What, and Why
This week, we have another vlog for you! If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards, have no fear, Yen
4 Ways that the Next Generation Science Standards are Different and Why It Matters
We’re changing things up with a video blog (Vlog) this week! But no worries, the transcript is below! Enjoy! Here is the transcript: Hi there!
Designing Next Generation Learning Spaces That Motivate Your Students
“How many of you want to become a civil engineer?” Dr. Halil Ceylan asked of a small crowd of 1st-5th graders. Immediately three hands shot
3 Intuitive Strategies for Building Community in Your Classroom
A few years ago, I interviewed a group of undergraduate women in my local university’s Engineering Technology (ET) program to understand why it had an
How Resourcing Leads to Personalized Learning For Your Students
“Mom, why is the sky blue?” my young son asked. Throughout their lives, I’ve encouraged my sons to ask questions about the world and to
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