STEM4Learning is designed to support teachers around the world in their implementation of hands-on STEM learning.
05/01/2025
What an amazing evening to be honored by the AIAA as a STEM Trailblazer! Huge thank you to the NE AIAA Region for nominating me and to the Challenger Center for sponsoring the award. So inspiring to share the stage with incredible scientists, engineers and Aerospace Industry leaders - so inspiring to be invited to take part!
04/30/2023
Ayan Q’ala is an ancient fortress in northern Uzbekistan built around 300BC - our journey yesterday back into desert history as we wrap up two weeks of teacher STEM training, amazing day of exploring
04/24/2023
Today was our first ever meeting of the Urgench State University Codding Club - with university tech students training local middle and high school students using Edison robots - amazing kickoff session sponsored Fulbright Global Teacher Grant and US Embassy English Language programs.
04/02/2023
Fun making signs with some 3rd and 4th graders in the Creation Studio after school Friday - Glowforge and cricut are such great tools!
02/25/2023
Learning the basics of a parallel circuit - nothing like a fun mess of alligator clips, buzzers and propellors to get it all to make sense!
Shouts of joy at getting your EV3 robot to knock a moon rock free from the crater . . . love the enthusiasm!
11/02/2022
Seeing some great coding and engineering as we learn makecode.org's EV3 platform for our new NASA Artemis challenge - If you are a lego league vet you probably recognize a few of our old challenges from year's past!
11/02/2022
5th and 6th graders learn some basic woodworking using drills, saws & sanders to create a cedar "something" holder. Then they add a Cricut vinyl sticker or some posca art - makes a fun project & my room smells like cedar for a couple weeks :-)
06/10/2022
A master carpenter in the making - wrapping up a grad challenge project improving on a garden box with hinges and new tops. Love the final double power drill pose - great look :-)
06/10/2022
Our WCS librarian had a great idea this week - turning some discard book covers into a new Library sign by lasercutting with our Glowforge. Love how these came out - and definitely going to be collecting other discards for some more making!
Check out the celebration as this crew succeeds on the maze - struggled all period & then came back at recess to finish up, loved the perseverance to learn degrees & cm measurement - the missing link! Not often assessments end in hugs and cheers :-)
The microbit instruments are probably my favorite assessments since they really let me see, hear & assess the projects. This pair of baby sharks might be one of my favorites all year - have to love when a summative puts a smile on a students face!