🚗 SLC STEM Class: 4th & 5th grade students used the Design Process to create and test balloon cars. Don't mind the cardboard box/trash can lanes they create for the test "track". Title I VBCPS

STEM Adventures: Students read about William Kamkwamba in the story, “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind”, and how he brought wind energy to his village in Africa. Students then used Lego Spike kits from LEGO Education to build windmills. They used wind energy to turn on a light 💡

STEM Adventures: Everyday students are using Book Creator Team to reflect on their learning! This will leave students with a record of their challenges and victories during summer ☀️ learning. I ❤️ that they are so excited to reflect and they loved using speech to text! Title I VBCPS

More STEM fun! Students learned about the science behind ziplines and then created their own zipline racers. The challenge: Get a "rider" (ping pong ball) from start to finish in 4 seconds (or less safely). SO MANY REDESIGNS! Title I VBCPS

Stem adventures 🎡 Students read the book, “Mr. Ferris & his Wheel”, which tells the story of the design and build of the first Ferris Wheel for the World’s Fair. Then using Lego Spike kits from LEGO Education, students built and coded Ferris Wheels. ❤️ Title I VBCPS

Kinder & 1st graders learned what an Architect does by reading, “Iggy Peck Architect” and showing off their building skills with Keva Planks. Next week they will use that knowledge in a bridge challenge.

When working with language learners it is important to use their use of their home language to build trust and not “discipline”. In this video I don’t tell the boys to 🛑 speaking Spanish, I use the English words and then ask them the Spanish word. I also asked my friend to count

Seeing who can build the tallest tower using a specific amount of KEVA® Planks before getting ready for a more “directed” build. Chad Huff Katie Dooley Title I VBCPS

This week in STEM: littles used KEVA® Planks to create bridges to get over “water” with no planks touching the water after reading “Iggy Peck Architect”! Prepping their brains for deeper science learning! Title I VBCPS Chad Huff Katie Dooley

I cannot say enough about the LEGO Education Spike kits we have this summer! The students LOVE them and are showing their resilience and problem solving skills with each build. Chad Huff Katie Dooley Title I VBCPS

Student in 4th grade used Sphero to complete an Sphero Education lesson. The lesson had student create code to make a light show for the first 30 seconds of a theme song (🏴‍☠️). We do not own the rights to a music! Chad Huff Katie Dooley

Second grade students compared/contrasted “The 3 Little Pigs” and “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs” 🐷 They then constructed the three pig’s houses and we turned Dash in the “wolf”. Students then tried coding or driving Dash to retell the story. Chad Huff Wonder Workshop

Oh I will be pre ordering this one!

It is going to be 🔥! Thankful to work with Chad Huff who keeps me on my toes and challenges me to push myself to learn new things!