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Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales

Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales: Stone Soup

In the story of Stone Soup, a weary traveler wanders into the village and is…

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Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales

Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales: Henny Penny

In the tale of Henny Penny, Chicken Little is convinced that the sky is falling. …

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Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales

Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

As students recall the fairy tale of the The Three Billy Goats Gruff, they will…

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Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales

Teaching STEM Through Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs

I'll Huff and I'll Puff and I'll Blow Your House Down! In the story of…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Hot Air Balloons

In this challenge, students design and fly a hot air balloon that will stay aloft…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Slingshot Gallery

Have you ever played the shooting gallery game at the carnival? Here's a STEM twist…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Lily Pad Leap

In this challenge, students are asked to work with a partner to design a mechanism…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Marble Madness

Students are used to challenges that ask them to do something the fastest, but how…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Derby Cars

I thought we'd explore the use of derby cars to teach STEM. Not the pinewood…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag Challenge II- Pringle Pod

I always thought that the Egg Drop was a really cool project. You know, the…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Perfect Parachutes

What could be more fun than designing the Perfect Parachute? In this STEM challenge, students…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Paper Rockets

This week's activity is a low-budget, fun way to launch rockets with students. This challenge…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Insulated Ice

What a better way to learn than to disguise it as having fun! In this…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge II

The Bown Bag STEM Challenge II- Building Boxes

Building Boxes is a deceptively easy task- design and build a box that will hold…

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4C's in STEM

The Four C’s in STEM: Collaboration

Collaboration is an important STEM skill both in the classroom and in the workplace. Over…

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4C's in STEM

The Four C’s in STEM: Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is one of those elusive skills that are really hard to teach. So…

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4C's in STEM

The Four C’s in STEM: Communication

Everyone is sure to agree that communication is key to both presenting and receiving ideas.…

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4C's in STEM

The Four C’s in STEM: Creativity

Creativity should be shining in the classroom, but sometimes, due to time constraints and other…

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Strengthening Rigor

6 Ways to Strengthen Rigor in Your STEM Classroom

What does rigor look like in a STEM Classroom? Let's start by looking at what…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Student Choice Boards

Student Choice boards are useful way to both differentiate student learning and strengthen rigor in…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- PBL Elements

Another way to strengthen rigor in the classroom is through the use of PBL (Project…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Rubrics

Rubrics are a best-practice way to establish rigor and hold students to high standards in…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Student Portfolios

Student Portfolios for STEM are a useful tool in increasing or establishing rigor in the…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- The Art of Questioning

As teachers, we are constantly checking for understanding. We question and probe students daily to…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Interactive Notebooks

In the Rigor/Relevance Framework, we learned that in order to establish and maintain rigor in…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- The Rigor/Relevance Framework

Now that we've discussed what rigor looks like in the classroom, we need to introduce…

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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Defining Rigor in the Classroom

Merriam Webster has many definitions for rigor. Among the most relevant are: 1: a (2) : …

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Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales: Stone Soup

Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales: Henny Penny

Teaching STEM through Fairy Tales: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Teaching STEM Through Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Hot Air Balloons

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Slingshot Gallery

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Lily Pad Leap

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Marble Madness

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Derby Cars

The Brown Bag Challenge II- Pringle Pod

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Perfect Parachutes

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Paper Rockets

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge II- Insulated Ice

The Bown Bag STEM Challenge II- Building Boxes

The Four C’s in STEM: Collaboration

The Four C’s in STEM: Critical Thinking

The Four C’s in STEM: Communication

The Four C’s in STEM: Creativity

6 Ways to Strengthen Rigor in Your STEM Classroom

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Student Choice Boards

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- PBL Elements

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Rubrics

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Student Portfolios

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- The Art of Questioning

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Interactive Notebooks

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- The Rigor/Relevance Framework

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Defining Rigor in the Classroom

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