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The website, stemteachingtools.org, is loaded with numerous resources on science instruction as well as guide teachers on teaching math, engineering and technology.  There are multiple tools in the website that focus on a specific tool to aid in teaching STEM.  There are also different types of PD videos that will guide teachers on what to do to solve a specific issue with teaching STEM.  One article I read is titled, “How Can I Get My Students to Learn Science by Productively Talking with Each Other?”  In this article, teachers learn the importance of communicating and talking to solve problems instead of just presenting to share information.  Suggestions are provided to keep students engaged while encouraging scientific talk as classroom norms are developed and practiced.

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Placed Based Learning is an amazing way to teach STEM to students by allowing students to dive deeper into local history, environment, culture and the local economy.  As students work on stem challenges that involve their community, they become more aware of their surroundings and have more of a connection when finding solutions to local problems. There are several links in edutopia that guide teachers in creating outdoor spaces for learning to take place. I would like to use this resource to reach out to some social studies teachers in my area to do some team planning and in class field trips.

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Location, location, location! See what happens when schoolwork explores students' connections with local history, environment, culture, or economy.

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Stem Gems is an amazing resource that provides opportunities and role models for girls interested in STEM.  There are national STEM Gem Clubs that schools can hold for girls in STEM as well as summer camps where the focus is to motivate girls to move into STEM Careers.  The Meet Our Gems page is a plethora of females in STEM Careers with summaries about their careers.  Students that can see someone like them in a STEM field will see that their goals to move into a STEM career is definitely reachable. I would like to incorporate the STEM GEM Club into our West GYSTC Summer Camp schedule.

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Meet Our 44 STEM Gems "Fear of something is not knowing it. If you have an interest in a specific area, just research or practice it. The fear will go away" "Find mentors who can support you... It means being proactive. You're not expected to know

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The STEM Cobb website is a great resource that provides hundreds of resources for everything STEM.  This link focuses on sample lesson plans by grade level that have a STEM focus.  The lesson plans are divided by grade level.  STEM lessons have been created by following the Georgia Science Standards and math standards.  One lesson called, “The Heat Is On” allows students to design and build a solar oven to melt chocolate.  Students will document the time it takes for chocolate to melt. I will incorporate that into my Vertical Unit next semester.

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The website skypeascientist.com is a large database of thousands of scientists all over the world.  From this website, students are able to communicate with a scientist in a particular field to get all their questions answered.  This website provides real world scientists with the students in a classroom.  This link also provides a youtube link for previous scientists recordings that students may be interested in. I found a previous video on Skype of Scientist titled “All About Batteries.” This video will be a great way for students to be introduced to careers for the Vertical Assignment Electricity and Magnetism.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TwS-1mR0ps

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Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&amp;A sessions for free!

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Donna Barrett has pulled together simulations, opportunities to collect data, and other online resources on a padlet.  She has divided the resources into the different sciences to help organize the resources.  My favorite is the ted talk on what a cell phone is made of.  It’s perfect for 8th grade students when discussing waves.

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The United Nations Department of Global Communications has created the Sustainable Development Goals in hopes that by 2030 we will end poverty across the planet as well as tackle climate change, protect forests and oceans and improve health and education for all.  This link is a perfect resource for students to learn about equity in STEM.  I would have students pick a Sustainable Development goal and research the issue.  In groups, I would have students create a possible solution or way to support the sustainable development goal.

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What a fun website with so much trivia and knowledge.  This is a great resource for teachers to share with students when looking for trivia and fun things to do in science, social studies, arts and science and even math.  This website encourages students to wonder and ask questions about things we experience daily.  Students are asked to put a question in the question box and answers will pop up in video or article form for students to discover the world around them.  Students can also browse through questions asked by others and find the answers to their questions.  This would be a great resource to use as a warm up to start the class or as a phenomena to introduce content.

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Wizer.me is a place where teachers can create beautiful enguaging online worksheets. Teachers can also use worksheets already created by other teachers. These online worksheets are great to add to google classrooms or be used as a checkpoint during a unit to check for mastery of a standard. The website has a good way for teachers to filter through the worksheets to find what they want or to create their own.

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Amaze your students with smarter worksheets. Wizer.me is a platform where teachers build beautiful, engaging online worksheets!

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Wordwall.net is a great way to create an online review for students. Word wall can be created to play a matching game, a review game, or used as an assessment. Teachers can create their own word wall or pick from the shared word walls already created by other teachers.

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Find activities that have been created by other teachers. Enter a search term to find public activities that are free to play.

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Nearpod is a great way for teachers to make any previous lesson interactive. Teachers can upload power points, videos, old presentations, and other favorite resources into one place for students to access. Nearpod allows for student checkpoints through polls, drag and drop answers, PhET Simulations to name a few. Teachers can also offer feedback immediately as they are watching students work through the nearpod. This is an amazing resource for teachers to organize their lessons and allow students to work electronically.

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Nearpod: Foster a love of learning in every student

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Create active learning experiences students can’t wait to be a part of.

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These interactive lessons, organized by topic and grade band, allow students to work at their own pace to learn the content. Students are able to track their own mastery as well as save their work. This site can be used as teacher professional development as well as assigning students these interactive lessons. Science, teachnology, engineering, and math is one topic that teachers can choose lessons, as well as language, social students, and career development.

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Science, Engineering, Technology, and Health | Interactive Lessons | PBS LearningMedia

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Explore the wide range of interactive lessons available to students and teachers on PBS LearningMedia. Each interactive lesson lets you work at your own pace while you learn—using media and engaging tools that save your work in the lesson.
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Gizmos are interactive math and science virtual labs and simulations for grades 3-12. Over 400 Gizmos aligned to the latest standards help educators bring powerful new STEM learning experiences to the classroom.

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Interactive STEM Simulations & Virtual Labs | Gizmos

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Unlock STEM potential with our 550+ virtual labs and interactive math and science simulations. Discover engaging activities and STEM lessons with Gizmos!

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Blendspace is a way to create digital lessons, share with students and check for mastery all in one spot. Teachers are also able to pull from the resources to use digital lessons already created on the standard needed.

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I stumbled across Laura Candler resources as I was looking for life science lesson ideas. She has amazing resources and lesson plans that she shares with other teachers free in her file cabinet. Lessons or organized by topic. She also has a newscast and a store if you are interested in purchasing other items from her.

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Teach with Fergy is a great resource for biology, physics, and earth science activities. He does have a membership fee to join to have access to all his lessons, but he also posts free lessons periodically for teacher use. The lessons are organized in a 5e format and are very user friendly for teachers.

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I can't recommend TWF membership enough. Thank you Devon, I have my life back and time to spend with my own children. I can focus on learning and becoming a better educator without worrying about making my own resources!"
Dream Job - The expected answer would be a teacher but I'd love to spend my time traveling with my family. Think 'The Bucket List Family'.

My First Car - A White, 2000 Toyota Corolla.

Hidden Tallent - I'm actually a pretty good golfer. I started playing when I was young and can consistently shoot under 85. It won't get me on the PGA Tour, but it's something.

The Most Unusual Thing In My Office - I have a Yoda status that I bring out when my students write their tests. I tell them that he will bring them knowledge. This seems to help with their nerves.

My Favorite Sports Team - I'm a hardcore Toronto Maple Leafs fan!

My Guilty Pleasure - I love McFlurry's from McDonald's.

My Pet - I have a Scottish-terrier/poodle mix dog named Lexie. She's a cutie.

What's on My Bucket List? I want to travel the world with my wife when we're a little older. Live somewhere for a month then go somewhere else. Europe is on the list as are parts of Asia. I also want to take my family and their future families on a vacation each year. Disney tops the list of destinations.

Throughout my teaching career, I have taught many students from many different backgrounds. I've taught Canadians, Americans, and Australians and what I've found is that each one of these kids needs to a) feel like they are important and what they say matters and b) what they are learning is applicable to the real world. I have done multiple Action Research projects which looked at technology in the classroom, the learning styles of boys vs. girls and how to improve engagement through a different approach to teaching.

I believe in an education based on applicability and engagement. I get my students involved in the learning process and this always brings them back for more. My assessments and instruction are based on current student interests and this drives their engagement in the material and desire to learn. Teaching needs to be about relating information but it's how you relate that information that matters. Throughout my education, I have studied the means that best fit the different learning styles and genders and have tailored my lessons accordingly.
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I understand what interests them and how to get them excited in the material. My lessons are technology driven but can also be used in a non-technology setting.
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Teach Science With Fergy - Engagement Through Application

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I can't recommend TWF membership enough. Thank you Devon, I have my life back and time to spend with my own children. I can focus on learning and becoming a better educator without worrying about making my own resources!" Dream Job - The expected answer would be a teacher but I'd love to spend my time traveling with my family.

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STEM Savvy Girls was formed as a group of teachers began to focus on minority young girls and to provide amazing STEM experiences for them. This website is full of female adults in the STEM fields, video lessons divided into the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math topics. There are also programs your young girls can get involved in.

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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH After School & Summer Programs for Youth #KidsWhoKnowGrow

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Canva is a graphic design platform to share visual content. Canva is a great way for students to create end products to share their results from a PBL project. Teachers can also use Canva to share information with students.

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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Phet Interactive Simulations created by University of Colorado Boulder has pulled together simulations that will guide students to learn different science concepts through technology.  To use this link, the teacher will filter their requests through a questionnaire and the simulations related to the topic of choice will pull up.  Teachers are able to share the simulation to a google classroom or other platform for students to use. Because my vertical assignment is on electricity and magnetism, I filtered the simulations to show only electricity, magnets and Circuits.  I found 25 results and plan to share the charges and Fields simulation to show the magnetic and electric fields simulation to show the forces around the objects. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/charges-and-fields

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By converting our sims to HTML5, we make them seamlessly available across platforms and devices. Whether you have laptops, iPads, chromebooks, or BYOD, your favorite PhET sims are always right at your fingertips.Become part of our mission today, and transform the learning experiences of students everywhere!

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TeachEngineering.org is a website that contains resources and examples of STEM Challenges.  These challenges can be categorized by standards, grade levels, topics or filtered just about any way you need. A great resource in teachengineering is the way the resources are divided by activity, full lesson and full unit.  This website provides different professional development as well.  The lessons follow the NGSS standards.  Teachengineering has an amazing virtual page with lots of resources that will support teachers still doing virtual learning. I am working on a vertical alignment project with a focus on electricity and magnetism.  I searched in teachengineering.org by typing in electricity and magnetism in the search box and checked the curriculum type I wanted.  I found multiple lessons grade level appropriate as well as a full unit.  I plan to use the “What Is Electricity?” lesson for grade level 5 for my next electricity in class field trip.