Virtual field trips for kids were used high and low during the 2020-2021 school year. Do they have a place in the upcoming school year? Ummm… hello! YES! Virtual field trips for kids in the classroom are an AMAZING way to make learning fun for your students. My favorite way to use them is actually in person! Use these tips… Read More

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning in the K-5 classroom has changed my teacher life, and I’m pretty sure many other elementary teachers! This is part 4 in the Set It Up series! So, yeah… I remember when it first came across my desk I was hesitant. Why? Well.. because someone is always coming up with a new way to say something, repackage,… Read More

Design Thinking in the classroom actually came to me later than the Engineering Design Process. I must say, I like it a lot! It’s like the cool older brother of the design processes. It doesn’t matter which one of these you use in the classroom when it comes to creating and designing with students. It does matter how you… SET… Read More

February STEAM will fill up this short month! The month may be shorter, but it lacks no less in STEAM for the month! With Black History Month all month long, Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, and Presidents’ Day… this month is jam packed of February STEAM opportunities. Did I forget the 100th Day? Schools all over the US have been… Read More

STEAM foundations for students… What thoughts cross your mind when you think about that? I started thinking about STEAM foundations for students quite a lot a few years ago. I was teaching students at a school beginning to use STEAM more and more as a focus. The students were so green to STEAM, but what I found out, the more… Read More