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...
