by Brian | Oct 28, 2021 | Education, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
During my classroom experience with “hands-on” project/problem based learning I would often hear from colleagues, “The product is not as important as the process.” I think there is truth to that, but during my years of observing / facilitating numerous projects I...
by Brian | Jun 3, 2020 | Cooperative Learning, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, NASA, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Find out more about this project here. Our launch has been delayed until June 5th and maybe not until the following week because of weather conditions. When we launch, a communications payload keeps us in touch with the balloon’s progress. Besides 2...
by Brian | May 28, 2020 | Education, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, The High Hopes Project
From a past High Hopes mission over 90,000 feet above Nevada. That’s Lake Tahoe on the left. At this altitude the balloon is in “near space” above 98% of the Earth’s atmosphere. Note the thin blue line of the atmosphere and the dark of space...
by Brian | Oct 2, 2019 | Change, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, Inclusion, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, Reform, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Uncategorized
My wife and I were fortunate to travel to Africa this past summer. Our itinerary included Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. We were notified by most of the listed countries when we applied for tourist visas that we were not to bring plastic bags into the...
by Brian | Jun 6, 2019 | Coding, Making, Messy Learning, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Uncategorized
My friend Kevin Jarrett shared this easy to follow guide to Cardboard Automata from the Exploratorium in San Francisco. It’s a great FREE resource for getting started with making in a fun, creative way. You can easily get started with stuff you probably already...
by Brian | Dec 11, 2018 | Change, Cooperative Learning, Digital Video, Education, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Making, Messy Learning, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, The High Hopes Project, Uncategorized
I’m going to try and catch up on some long past due posts about the High Hopes Project. Last June we launched from Virginia City High School in Nevada. I posted about the preparation for the launch which will give you good background on the payloads students...
