LEARN and Edgewater facilitated the final exploratory day on electricity, delving deeply into circuits. The students were “shockingly” awesome. Students learned and played with all kinds of circuits, including making Bug Circuits, makey makey floor pianos, littleBits, paper circuits with
Edgewater STEAM Day – January 2018
The LEARN team spent a day working with a the grade 6’s at Edgewater Elementary school. They loved Scratch games, artbots, circuit bugs, and E-Textiles. Every student succeeded and had an artifact to prove it. Great work Edgewater. The faces
STEAM Challenge Day @ Edgewater Elementary 2017
LEARN has been working with the teachers and students at Edgewater Elementary for a couple years now, and we are all starting to see the amazing students blossom into amazing makers and risk-takers. It is wonderful to be involved in
Edgewater Elementary Grade 1 STEAM Day – Sept. 2017
LEARN worked with a grade 1 class for its’ first official STEAM Day of the year. What a wonderful day. These students learned how to cooperate, share, communicate, create, innovate, build, code, program all in a day. Mme. Pascale’s class
Teacher Foundation – Maker Mindset workshop
The LEARN team visited Edgewater elementary to introduce the maker mindset to fellow teachers and staff. We presented the open mindset, reading Iggy Peck, Architect and doing a full staff brainstorm on learning and making. The teachers create a representation of
Dorset Elementary STEAM Day #1 – Water Challenges
LEARN visited Dorset Elementary of the LBPSB to work with students and educators on WATER challenges. We tested many new challenges all involving water. Lego hydro dams, water filters, hydraulics, paddle boats, and a water cycle in a bag… Lots
Dorset Elementary STEAM Day #2 – Water Challenges
The LEARN team piloted some new challenges involving water at Dorset elementary. Clean Water Factory / Hydraulics / Lego Hydro Dam / Paddle Boats / Water Cycle in a Bag
Edgewater Elementary – March 14th, 2017
LEARN was at Edgewater elementary, this time working with grade 1 and STEAM challenges. It was our first experience with these young people, but an outstanding time. We loved the enthusiasm and dedication to their work. We had them make
Riverview Elementary School Ped Day 2016
Our second day of collaborating with teachers in 2016-2017 brought us to Riverview School of Lester B. Pearson School Board in Verdun, Quebec. Teachers were full of ideas on how to make school more engaging for their students. Connect the head
Riverdale High School Ped Day 2016
LEARN showed teachers at Riverdale HS our STEAM Challenges and again introduced teachers to the growth mindset.