Google CS First is a free computer science program for students in grades 4 - 8. CS First provides everything that teachers need to teach computer science, with little or no experience themselves.
Amazing Adaptations is an in-class group activity that challenges students to think about how animals evolved their diverse adaptations via natural selection.
The digital age has made the ability to copy and share the works of others remarkably simple and instantaneous to the extent that many students do so without realizing that their actions could have both legal and moral consequences.
CS First is a program that introduces block-based coding to students in 4th-8th grade. The blended learning design allows for teachers to implement computer science in their classrooms across multiple content areas, even if they don’t have any computer science experience or knowledge.
Concerns about access to clean, potable water are projected to rise with the ever-drying climate and increase in global population.
In my fellowship I am helping develop a fractography program. The program will be used to assist failure analysts determine the mode of failure by automatically identifying and analyzing the features present on a fracture surface.
The goal of this Educational Transition Plan (ETP) is to engage students in the Engineering Design Process while they read their first classic novel of the school year.
Real World Problem - Relevant Data
Ever give your students a word problem and you instantly get push back? Well this word problem blends in the current Superhero craze mixed with an abstract word problem that will have students engaged in the activity.
My school spends half its professional development (PD) hours in self-selected committees. I lead a committee focused on practitioner research -- the Cycle of Inquiry Committee. This committee meets twice a month, for a total of two hours, and we have four release days during the school year.