by Brian | Jul 3, 2016 | 3D Printing, Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
I shared on Twitter not long ago, “The good news is I got a grant! The bad news is I got a grant!” There is too much truth in that dichotomy, but in spite of all the extra work and rules and policies and bids and other “red tape” to be dealt...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2016 | Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
For those of you that have been in my trainings or read about our cantilever spans lessons, and wondered about supplies for them, I recently ordered 100 pounds of washers ( two 50 pound boxes – about 2200 washers total) and 1,000 paint stir sticks (or...
by Brian | Feb 24, 2016 | Brian Crosby, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
Per request I recently set up a new wiki page as a kind of “clearinghouse” of the different STEM lessons and activities I write about on this blog and elsewhere to make them easier to find. I’ll update it regularly and perhaps add support...
by Brian | Feb 21, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I announced the NASA Pathway to Space class for teachers about a month ago: “Starting next week a team of educators (including me) will be providing a class for local teachers of grades 3rd – 12th which will include hands-on training in building and flying...
by Brian | Feb 13, 2016 | Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Last year at the NSTA STEM Forum in Minneapolis, we saw Art Ellis demonstrate this great flying inquiry lesson using inexpensive store bought balsa wood model planes … you know, the kind you may have had as a kid. Art gave us his blessing to share the lesson...
by Brian | Feb 13, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
In my last post, where I tried out including an art component to this powerful engineering problem with cantilevers on teachers, I explained that as soon as I could try it out with students I would get back about how it worked. Fortunately one of the teachers in that...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, Messy Learning, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I announced in my previous post about my upcoming involvement in a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math) day at the Nevada Museum of Art. I was trying out a new idea to integrate art into what before had been strictly a STEM (Science, Technology,...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2016 | Brian Crosby, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
When I was approached months ago about being part of this STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, and Math) training at the Nevada Museum of Art this Saturday I jumped at it. There are close to 100 teachers registered and a waiting list … apparently there...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2016 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Education, Grace Corrigan, Inclusion, Literacy, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
I’ve seen numerous “tweets” today, on the 30th anniversary of the event, from people sharing where they were when they witnessed or heard about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I was teaching 7th grade in Oakland, California, and our principal...
by Brian | Jan 22, 2016 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Education, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Starting next week a team of educators (including me) will be providing a class for local teachers of grades 3 – 12 which will include hands-on training in building and flying drones, rockets, planes and designing payloads which we will then launch on a high...
