Professional Resource Collection by Wood, Latoya B https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut STEM Resources en-us 2022-10-13 22:50:22 UTC 2022-10-13 23:24:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Project Wet woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339496275 Fourth graders study the water cycle and weather at the beginning of the school year.  This would be used to show how water moves throughout the cycle as a visual simulation for students.  The activities directly related to the water cycle are engaging and could be a great opener to this unit for my students.  I could even see this as a station during the reading block where students can use what they have learned to inspire informational writing responses.]]> 2022-10-13 22:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339496275 Legends of Learning woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339496980 I can use Legends of Learning as one of my station activities during math.  This would allow me to integrate science topics during math in addition to simply playing math games.  I think this would be a great addition and motivator for students who have met their IReady requirements.]]> 2022-10-13 23:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339496980 STEM Cobb woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339498023 There are several activities that I would use with my students on this site.  I particularly like the STEM Blog pages because they provide choice boards of STEM activities for students to do in the classroom or at home.]]> 2022-10-13 23:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339498023 Generation Genius woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339498479 I like to use the videos and the quiz as a whole group activity.  As students are watching the video, they can fill out the accompanying handout as the video plays.  Each lesson also comes with a quiz.  They are sometimes on Kahoot which makes even taking a quiz fun for students. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339498479 Scratch woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339499010 I like idea of using this resource during the reading block to show summarizing of a story.  I usually have students draw out story boards, but with “Create a Story” on SCRATCH, they could create a digital story board and include animations.  This would help to engage the students who do not like to draw.]]> 2022-10-13 23:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339499010 GSTA woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339499456 I can use this resource to help me use more PBLs with my students.  They each seem to come with a video and a guiding question.  I can take this and make a lesson that is fit for my classroom. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339499456 STEM Careers Coalition woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339500227 This resource on STEM careers will be used weekly with my students.  Each week, we will highlight a career to focus on.  Students will learn about the career, and I hope to find some type of hands-on activity that they could participate in to see if that’s something they would like to do when they grow up.   During Career Day, students could dress up as one of the careers we studied and give a presentation about their favorite career.]]> 2022-10-13 23:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339500227 Science Buddies (STEM Careers) woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339500923 This website provides another source for my students to research STEM careers and find jobs that they may not have known existed.   
I can use this website in my STEM careers learning station and for career day. 
]]> 2022-10-13 23:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339500923 Journey North woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339501605 I would like to use this site to get my students involved with the Symbolic Migration Project.  My students would decorate a butterfly and write letters to the kids in Mexico who live near the Monarch Reserve.  In return, my students would receive correspondence back from them. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339501605 Georgia Aquarium woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339502320 I use the resources on this site when we move towards our ecosystem’s unit.  Students look at the ocean ecosystem and look for how energy flows in the ocean.  They look at way to preserve our ocean animals just as we do for land animals. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339502320 Next Gen. Storylines woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339505214 This resource provides everything I need from the phenomenon to the assessment. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339505214 Seasons Interactive (Simulation) woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339506098 Fourth grade studies why we have seasons and the causes of day and night. This simulation helps to give students a visual model to interact with during that part of the unit. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339506098 Nearpod woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339507351 I use Nearpods with my students when we are learning new standards.  Nearpods keeps my students engaged so that I can be sure they have the information they need to move on to other hands-on activities. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339507351 Mystery Science woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339508315 I use Mystery Science to engage my students into questioning the world around them.  Mystery Science has lessons for every season and holiday on a variety of topics or you can focus on something that relates to the unit of study. ]]> 2022-10-13 23:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339508315 Teach Engineering woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339508900 Free resource that I can use in my classroom to provide “Engineering” activities that correlate to the standards that I am working on.  ]]> 2022-10-13 23:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339508900 GaDOE (Pedagogy) woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339509970 I would use the strategies in the “How Do I Teach?” and “Did They Learn?” sections to help guide my whole group instruction.  Some of the sample lesson plans would be a great way to start out teaching a particular standard to freshen up the way I have always been teaching that topic.  For example, using the GSE Planning Cards for Three-Dimensional Planning when I start a new unit can help ensure that I include Science/Engineering and cross cutting concepts in my lessons.  The other great thing about these cards is that I can also allow my students to pull cards and work on them in small groups.]]> 2022-10-13 23:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339509970 STEM Teaching Tools woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339510730 This resource has lots of self-directed PDs and Webinars that I found helpful as I am on my way to becoming a STEM teacher.  I can get ideas on how to develop meaningful phenomena and view some that have already been created.   The climate change page provides lots of resources that I can use with my students during our weather and climate unit.  I can see how to effectively teach this topic and use one of the many teaching tools that have been collected.  I especially like the “Things to Consider” and “Recommended Actions You Can Take” that comes with each tool.]]> 2022-10-13 23:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339510730 Edutopia woodl38 https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339511479 This resource has provided articles on a variety of topics that I can use as inspiration for my classroom practices.  For example, I was not very familiar with PBLs and how to correctly implement them in my class.  Edutopia has a section completely dedicated to PBLs.  From there, I can read about what worked from other teachers and use some of their strategies with my class.]]> 2022-10-13 23:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/woodl38/5st76z68tijyxrut/wish/2339511479