Last week, I was at Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C) in Pittsburgh and came back with many new learning opportunities to share with everyone. Giovanna and I will be offering summer learning opportunities on several of the topics. Click on this link to see the session titles and dates.

Here are some Valentine STEM lessons. The first lesson focuses on balance. It came from a lesson I found online. For this lesson you need conversation heart candy, Dixie^© cups, and craft sticks.

Here is the first STEM Lesson for February. Today's lesson came from a lesson I did for a professional development activity. I also pulled some ideas from a lesson that Rachel Weiler IU13 Emotional Support teacher at VREC used early this school year. For this lesson you need balloons and masking tape.

Happy Weekend-  I decided that I would start blogging STEM lesson plans a couple times a month to assist teachers. I know everyone is busy; so hopefully this will help out a bit. You might have to tweak my lesson plan based on grade level or program. It is never too young to complete STEM lessons in your classroom - just ask our HeadStart teacher Sue Bowers! She was teaching numbers, counting, and PROBABILITY with her 3 year olds last week using Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons. Today's lesson comes from Teach Beside Me- Educate Creatively The lesson using trays, styrofoam (cups, balls, or beads), and pure acetone.

Welcome back to school and 2020! I am sharing out six snowy winter STEM challenges. The holiday blues and insane cabin fever will be setting in soon, will you be ready? Hopefully these six STEM challenges will help you out. Try one each week! These are for all grades. Each link has modifications for older or younger students and extensions.

Hi Everyone! Hillary and I wanted to thank everyone so much for the wonderful donations for STEM. We have a had an overabundance of items received for this school year and no longer need any STEM donations. Check out our STEM donations!

Sending a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the STEM Item Donations: Thank you all for your generous donations of all the items I had requested from my last blog or message in the Staff News at IU13. We have used so many of the items so far and I am ready for the rest of my February lessons. Thank you again. I also want to also thank those that emailed me about Art of Recycle in Ephrata. I had known about this amazing place where I also get items for my STEM lessons. I have some new items that I am in need of now for March lessons. I have plenty of items that I had requested before.

This school year I have been working in ECSES classrooms to implement STEM lessons for our students. I have taught lessons in 9 classes over the first nine weeks of school and am currently on week 4 for another 10 classes. I will be ending the last 9 weeks of this school year working with another 10 more classes. If you are interested in learning how to get involved with these STEM lessons for the 19-20 school year please let your supervisor know or contact me directly. Throughout my lessons I have been collecting all kinds or materials. I am working to set up a Maker Space room that next year teachers can take out items to use in their classes. I am needing donations to start this project. For the months of January and February items I am looking to collect are: