by Megan Browne | Apr 2, 2020 | ORGANIZATION, STEM
A Makerspace is a place to create, build, dream, and wonder for our scientists. They get a chance to make something with materials that you have provided. I’ll never forget the smiles and ooh’s/aah’s when I unveiled our new addition to our classroom....
by Megan Browne | Mar 26, 2020 | FREEBIES!, STEM
Keeping the kids busy at home during school closures can be tough. But with STEM, you can get them problem solving and having fun in no time! Here are my top 5 STEM activities for Distance Learning. These activities are geared towards Kindergarten and younger...
by Megan Browne | Feb 22, 2020 | NGSS, STEM
If I had known last year what I know now, my Kindergarten classroom would have been set up completely different. Last year, I did “science”. We carried out fun activities related to the theme of the week; planted seeds during our flower week, hatched...
by Megan Browne | Jan 26, 2020 | NGSS, STEM
The Engineering Design Process (EDP) has changed everything about how I handle STEM activities in my classroom. When I went to school, we followed the Scientific Method; following specific directions to get 1 answer at the end of the experiment. The EDP works...
by Megan Browne | Jan 20, 2020 | STEM
I want to bring STEM and Literacy together in your classroom ASAP! We both know that the pressure to push math/literacy and not science/social studies in your classroom is crazy. Let’s change that. We are going to use my process of incorporating STEM into your...
by Megan Browne | Jan 12, 2020 | STEM
You planned this amazing STEM lesson; it ties in multiple academic standards between math, writing, literacy, and science, and then chaos breaks out. Your students, with all the best intentions CANNOT handle the challenge and begin to argue, throw things, storm off,...
