by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 11, 2016 | STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
I love STEM projects, but I love Halloween STEM projects even more and so does my nephew. He had so much fun making his Halloween Bat Plane. He loved the design and building phase even more than the actual testing and implementation phases. He took a bit of extra time...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 6, 2016 | STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
I didn’t want to title this post as Christopher Columbus Day because I know many people have issues with him (including myself). However, there are still states that require teachers to teach about Christopher Columbus. I decided to make a STEM activity for...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 26, 2016 | Gifted and Talented, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
This weekend my daughter and I had some good quality time decorating our front yard with Halloween decorations. She said she wanted to do more Halloween stuff during the weekend. I broke out my Halloween STEM Challenges printables and she started working on building...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 29, 2016 | STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
STEM or STEAM, however you like to call it, I love it having my kids doing these activities and I absolutely love making these activities. I like to personally call it STEAM and then make steampunk graphics for the printables. I’ve decided to create a STEM...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 28, 2016 | Biology, Field Trips, Science, Teaching Tips
There’s something magical about camping. Being away from it all in a remote location, with no TV, no Internet, no modern conveniences. Of course, some of the reasons camping is appealing are also reasons that it can be difficult… sometimes the romance of...
by Yvonne Crawford | Jul 22, 2016 | Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, Resources for Teachers, Second Grade, Sixth Grade, STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips, Third Grade
This is the last step in the Design Process for STEM. Reflecting is often overlooked due to time constraints, but it is probably the most important step in learning. It’s always good for students to center in for what they do well, but also pinpoint exactly what...
