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#CardboardConstruction Activity Page – June 2020

#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

Chris Colley June 8, 2020September 15, 2020 Community, events, Live Stream, makerspaces, resources, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

#LightUpOurDays Activity Page • June 2020

#LightUpOurDays Activity Page • June 2020

  #LightUpOurDays is a huge theme in STEAM education. The ideas explore how to use light and shadow to create unique forms of art and expression… Educators can use these resources to inspire their students to play with light and

Chris Colley June 2, 2020September 15, 2020 Community, makerspaces, open creative space days, RÉCIT, resources, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

#MarbleMaze Activity Page • May 2020

#MarbleMaze Activity Page • May 2020

  Curriculum Connects Science and Technology Newton’s 1st law – “objects at rest stay at rest, objects in motion stay in motion” Design objects or structures that affect a force on an object Use of measuring instruments Technological Design process

Chris Colley May 27, 2020September 15, 2020 Community, Live Stream, makerspaces, Online, open creative space days, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

#ExploringSpinning Activity Page • May 2020

#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

Chris Colley May 21, 2020September 15, 2020 Community, events, Live Stream, makerspaces, open creative space days, resources, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

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

Chris Colley May 15, 2020 Community, events, Pop-up Makerspace, ScratchED Meetups No Comments Read more

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,

Chris Colley May 15, 2020 Community, events, makerspaces, open creative space days, Pop-up Makerspace, STEAM in K No Comments Read more

#RoundTheWorld_ChainReaction Activity Page • May 2020

#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

Chris Colley May 13, 2020September 15, 2020 Community, events, Learnshop, makerspaces, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

#KitchenTableTinkering Activity Page • May 2020

YouTube Link Brown Bagging it! 10 Minute Design Thinking Challenges MATRIX | Teacher’s Guide

Chris Colley May 7, 2020May 8, 2020 Community, makerspaces, Online, resources, STEAM Challenges No Comments Read more

#citystory Activity Page • April 2020

  Welcome to our first live stream called #citystory A city story can be about anything that might happen in the city or the country. Making small models of houses and buildings will help make your stories come alive… What

Chris Colley April 28, 2020July 6, 2020 Community, Online, open creative space days, resources No Comments Read more

Tinkering on the Kitchen Table: Unboxing Servos for Micro:bits

In this first kick at the can I will be unboxing some servo motors and hooking them up to a Micro:bit. Once they’re hooked up, what can we create with them? Curriculum Connections: I followed the technological design process from

Chris Colley March 18, 2020July 6, 2020 Community, makerspaces, Micro:bit Pilot No Comments Read more
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