by Brian | Nov 13, 2018 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, Reform, STEAM, STEM, Student Access
From the NSTA Position Paper on Elementary Science: “High-quality elementary science education is essential for establishing a sound foundation of learning in later grades, instilling a wonder of and enthusiasm for science that lasts a lifetime, and in...
by Brian | Aug 21, 2018 | Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Total Eclipse
A year ago today I was very fortunate to be part of a NASA sponsored team launching high altitude balloons in Idaho to record data about the total eclipse. Meantime back in northern Nevada where I work, thousands of students and members of the general public were...
by Brian | Sep 18, 2016 | AUV's, Change, Drones, Education, Field Trips, Inclusion, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Day four of building our OpenROV underwater robots was very eventful. The original thinking was that it would take 4 full days of our 5 scheduled classes to finish building our robots, and not until the 5th day would we be able to try them out. However the teams of 2...
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 | Nov 20, 2015 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Messy Learning, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Uncategorized
Beth Wells, the Executive Director of the Nevada STEM Coalition (I’m on their board of directors) asked us to provide a training to STEM professionals that have volunteered to be part of our new STEM Ambassadors program. From the STEM Ambassadors web site:...
by Brian | Nov 11, 2015 | Change, Education, Field Trips, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
In several of my presentations on STEM Learning I share how it seems some grade level planning sessions approach STEM. X Science – “We have science twice a week now for 30-45 minutes.” “Check” X Technology – “We go to the...
