Explore the amazing interplay of lights, shadows, reflections, and refractions with our new capsule entitled #ExploreLightAndShadow. This capsule is a wonderful way to get your students observing and tinkering with the world around them in a playful way. Curriculum Connections: Earth
#RoundTheWorld_ChainReaction Activity Page • May 2020
#RoundTheWorld_ChainReaction Ever heard of marble runs or Rube Goldberg Machines? This Live Stream was designed to show the basic concepts for teachers and students to start creating awesome machines right away! We demoed some materials, looked at why build
#ExploringSpinning Activity Page • May 2020
Get Inspired from other Makers #ExploringSpinning Curriculum Connections #ExploringSpinning During this Live Stream we will explore some of the key concepts behind two of Newton’s Laws. All the while demonstrating how these laws apply to spinners. Law 1 “a
#CardboardConstruction Activity Page – June 2020
Curriculum Connections Science and Technology Systems & Interactions | Techniques & Instruments Technological design process poster Tool List: Cardboard, Cutters, Connectors, Creativity Resources How to make a pinko board Motion Mechanics | From CDP Website Cardboard Fundamentals link to adafruit
Open Creative Space Day @WQSB
The LEARN Ped Team spent a couple days in the winter at Western Quebec exploring the mindset behind maker-spaces. Consultants and educators had time to explore ideas, play with materials and collaborate. On our second days we hosted a ScratchED
McGill Pre-Service Teachers Maker Mindset Workshop • 2020
LEARN has the great privilege to work directly with McGill University’s pre-service kindergarten teachers this past winter. We got them exploring and discussing STEAM in K and the benefits of PLAY! The students has a chance to explore marble runs,
FCC 2018 – Mont St-Anne
Quelques photos du FCC 2018 et la session Lab Créatif avec Pierre Lachance du Service national MST (CSBE) et Thomas Stenzel, Christine Truesdale, Chris Colley, et Carolyn Buteau de l’équipe du Service national à la communauté anglophone (LEARN). Les
CLC Symposium 2016
During the CLC symposium 2016 LEARN hosted a session called, “Makerspaces: Full STEAM Ahead.” Participants were asked to think about what they felt “Community” meant to them in their milieu, and they had to represent that by making an artifact out
Canadian Wide Science Fair 2016
The LEARN team was at Montreal’s Canadian Wide Science Fair in May where we presented “Making a case for makerspaces,” and welcomed students from across Canada to our interactive booth. It was three wonderful days of making with teachers and students.
LBPSB Summer Institute 2016
The LEARN team completed its’ 2015-2016 school year with two amazing days with teachers from Lester B. Pearson School Board on June 28 and 29th. We hosted six sessions over the two days “Making a Case for the Maker Mindset.”