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Apr 26, 2014

“Today Show” at Hannah Gibbons!

Never a science major, I certainly learned a lot the past few months working with Ms. Micco’s 8th grade…

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Apr 18, 2014

Seeing Clearly

A student from Mound's 6th grade class with his team's in-progress torso casting.

Students in Mound’s 6th grade classes are currently working on see-through sculptures of the human body for their STEM project. With…

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Apr 18, 2014

The importance of remebering the details

The details are so important. I often forget that it took me many years and many experiences to gain the skill sets and perspectives that I have. I forget that someone took the time when I was a kid to patiently walk me through all the details of how to do…

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Apr 18, 2014

Relevance to students

Although I think everything we do is fun and relevant and an opportunity to take things to a new and different level, the students are sometimes slow to come on board. Academic tie-in sometimes makes the students feel “oh yeah, you’re not fooling me. This is still school work.” For me, the…

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Apr 18, 2014

I can’t believe we’re finished already!

I finished up my final session of our five week long residency on clay and states of matter last week. It is always deeply satisfying to watch the students’ work come to completion, but also sad that our time together is ending. I had to keep reminding the…

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Apr 18, 2014

Using Templates to Teach Photoshop

I have taught Adobe design programs to students ranging from first grade through high school…

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Apr 21, 2014

Starting our installation in the Mound library

Today was my first day with the second grade students at Mound STEM School, and we kicked things off with a bang! Students rotated around four stations, producing pieces that will ultimately be used to turn the reading area of the library into a…

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Apr 18, 2014

Too much force?

Three of my four classes this semester are first graders learning about force and motion. At first I thought this was wonderful because I could combine my lesson plans and I would be working with the same ideas and there would be great continuity. Thinking again, I was worried and started to see a…

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Apr 18, 2014

CMSD Multimedia Kindergarten Residency

On Monday, April 21st, I will begin a multimedia project with CMSD Kindergarten students at Mound, Orchard, and Hannah Gibbons STEM schools. Each of the students in the four classes I am working with will work as an author and illustrator to create their own…

June 2014

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