UPDATE 1/26/2021 – Here is my up-to-date Wakelet collection of Valentine’s Day resources. I’m not actually a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, believe it or not. If you search “Valentine” on this blog, though, you would suspect otherwise. I’ve collected quite a few resources to use in class based on this holiday – mostly because … Read more
At the end of last year, right before Christmas, I saw a tweet about The Extraordinaires. After visiting the site, I was intrigued by the product and ended up buying one of the smaller sets to try out with my students. Since my 2nd grade gifted students are studying structures, I chose the “Buildings” set. … Read more
According to its website, ” ‘Common Ground‘ is a collaborative kinetic art installation about connecting America through creativity and problem solving.” The result is a video that shows 5 Rube Goldberg reactions created in 5 different locations across the country. Each one “triggers” the one that follows. (I particularly liked the “Women in Stem” portion … Read more
I would like to give Krissy Venosdale (@krissyvenosdale) credit for the awesome image below, and possibly for coining a new term: “iterationist.” When I saw the image tweeted by her the other day, I knew right away it would be a new mantra for me. Considering the experience I described from our robot camp on Monday, … Read more
Update 9/3/17 – You can now purchase the Spy School curriculum for Undercover Robots Camp here. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we had our second session of Undercover Robots Camp last week. The theme was, “Pageant Edition,” with the scenario being that the Dash robots had been sent on their first undercover assignments to … Read more
Mrs. Lasher’s incredible 5th grade GT students are currently hosting a “pop-up” museum at their school. Inspired by San Antonio’s new hands-on children’s museum, the DoSeum, the students designed their very own interactive exhibits, and invited select guests to visit. Here is the invitation they designed. The L.E.A.D. (Learn, Explore, And Discover) DoSeum consists of three rooms: … Read more