Very excited to introduce our new Robotics staff! Stay tuned for information on how to be a part of the reboot of robotics at the L&N STEM Academy!

We love our Knox County Schools teachers! Rachel Cox Trudy Rogers Megan Burnette Cheri Reznicek Melody Hawkins

Congratulations to L&N STEM Academy in Knox County Schools for completing the Redesignation Process and being awarded STEM Designation from the TN Department of Education! #TNSTEM @TNEdu L & N STEM Academy

We are proud to announce that we have been redesignated as a Tennessee STEM School by TN Dept of Education and Tennessee STEM Innovation Network! Thanks to our educators, students, and community we continue to lead and innovate in STEM education!

How does creating a culture of innovation in elementary school help paint the portrait of a graduate? I got to spend the afternoon diving into design thinking with Green Magnet Academy staff!! Thank you for having me! Jessica Holman Denise Neal Andrea Berry

Congrats to Ms. Kelly who was awarded a $5,000 TVA grant to purchase class sets of STEAM kits. So much fun and learning happens when students are using the kits! Thank you Tennessee Valley Authority ! We are so appreciative of your investment in STEAM! Green Magnet Academy Mrs. Kelly

One has to be pretty impressed that with all the things going on these exec. principals came out to learn about the Science IPG! We had 26 in attendance today! Dr. Erin Phillips Keith Wilson

It’s amazing how quickly our romaine lettuce grew in our Fork Farms #hydroponic garden! The same plants are pictured, one week apart. The 2nd graders are LOVING it! Andrea Berry KCS STEM

K-2 Science Training was stellar! We had a full house of teachers ready to learn! Megan Burnette Rachel Cox instagram.com/reel/C7pkBRbP1…

How do oysters help their ecosystem? Last week, 3rd grade Ts made sense of how: 🦪 organisms’ structures function to help them survive 🏞️ naturally changing environments affect their survival 🎣 changes to the environment influence human resources Andrea Berry

Day 1 of the KCS STEM Summit is here! K-5 STEM teachers are learning with LEGO Education today. How quickly can you build a duck? Andrea Berry

Elementary STEM summit is focused on building a culture of inquiry in our STEM classrooms. 👀 Can’t wait to see more tomorrow!

Science Chair Kickoff to the 2024-25 school year! A visit to Gray Fossil Site & Museum for a behind the scenes tour! Rachel Cox Melody Hawkins Cheri Reznicek Megan Burnette Trudy Rogers

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Loved that our guides were shared across Region 5 today! Megan Burnette

How do we have authentic student reflections and hear every student voice in a lesson?? Knox County Schools science is trying Swivl invites you to @MirrorTalkAI mirrortalk AI. Nicole Resmondo is trying it out with OpenSciEd storylines 🧡🎉🪞Cheri Reznicek

5th graders at Mill Creek practiced drawing different Color Codes for Ozobot, and then made connections between how the input of a sequence affected the output of a special move. KCS STEM Andrea Berry

What do you do with a nose like this? Mrs. Topmiller’s 3rd graders were sharing their initial ideas on how animals’ structures have specific functions that help them survive. Tanna Nicely, Ed.D Andrea Berry Megan ODell

Look at Tanna Nicely, Ed.D making her debut on SEC Network representing South Knoxville Elementary!! She does a fantastic job fostering a relationship with UT Knoxville!! 🧡🏈

What strategies can we put in place to increase discourse in science classrooms? East Knox Co. Elem. teachers spent ERD building their knowledge around questioning strategies to elicit, probe, & challenge student thinking. Andrea Berry Megan ODell