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
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
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
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,
#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
YouTube Link Brown Bagging it! 10 Minute Design Thinking Challenges MATRIX | Teacher’s Guide
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
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
LEARN and this years’ Micro:bit cohort spent a day together reflecting on deployment, the new MEES technology framework, student projects, and lesson plans. We have a strong group of educators this year pushing the boundaries with integrating Micro:bits into the
LEARN worked with students and teachers from Laurentian Elementary for SWLSB on a couple of STEAM activities. First we looked at an activity that was very hands on in making an artbot, and then we broke out the Makey Makey