What do you already know about STEAM education? by Stephen Ross https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj en-us 2021-04-22 21:09:19 UTC 2026-01-17 22:57:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f6e9.png Making marble runs georgia78 https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511173272 2021-05-10 21:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511173272 Making Vortex demonstrations. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511174079 2021-05-10 21:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511174079 Minecraft Education https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511174115 2021-05-10 21:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511174115 Pool Noodle Pompom shooters https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511174969 2021-05-10 21:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511174969 Videography and Photography https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511175125 2021-05-10 21:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511175125 We do a STEAM challenge with the 3 classrooms in my team every Friday morning. We each run an activity for 3 weeks and the students rotate through the classroom. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511175457 2021-05-10 21:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511175457 Making 3D shapes. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511175480 2021-05-10 21:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511175480 Catapults with popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and pompoms https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511176125 2021-05-10 21:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511176125 MinecraftEdu PLD (Microsoft course) https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511176309 2021-05-10 21:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511176309 Maths is Fun site. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511176890 2021-05-10 21:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511176890 Greenscreen recording (DoInk) https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177175 2021-05-10 21:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177175 I have done a pipe cleaner challenge to build the tallest free standing structure with a variety of different rules. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177459 2021-05-10 21:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177459 My students have been really engaged with any hands-on learning, it has been great to work on inter-personal skills https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177526 2021-05-10 21:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177526 Clips (Tool similar to Tik-Tok but for video editing for kids) https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177890 2021-05-10 21:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511177890 I have created eggs out of marbles and tin foil and then students create a game using corrugated cardboard, toothpicks and a piece of cardboard as a game board https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511178742 2021-05-10 21:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511178742 Hands-on activities seem to engage students that may be more difficult to engage usually. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511178746 2021-05-10 21:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511178746 https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511178905 I have attended a course with NZCER.

]]> 2021-05-10 21:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511178905 Robotics PLD and how to intergrate into the classroom https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511179071 2021-05-10 21:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511179071 Ormiston Junior College looking for real world contexts - Partnering with Fletchers, Auckland Uni to create trackers for bins. Local DHB to see how they could make the attending the doctor more welcoming - utilising 3D printing, virtual reality https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511180211 2021-05-10 21:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511180211 Online research and trialing many activities with my own children. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511180228 2021-05-10 21:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511180228 The two other classrooms in my team have done; making a boat, making a harmonica, making a bridge https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511180796 2021-05-10 21:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511180796 Taskmaster classroom challenges often incorporate STEAM. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511181387 2021-05-10 21:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511181387 Spaghetti and marshmallow towers https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511181931 2021-05-10 21:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511181931 I've observed that STEAM works well with groups of 3. Any more than 3 and it's too easy for one student to opt out of helping and leave the work up to the others. 3 is a good amount of kids to share I ideas and brainstorm https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511182023 2021-05-10 21:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511182023 Making Paper Planes with a various amount of equipment (string, paperclip etc) What can we do to make them fly further etc https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511182805 2021-05-10 21:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511182805 Hands on activities have a lot of learning outcome for students and they remember what they have learned. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511183639 2021-05-10 21:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511183639 Making kites for Matariki https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511184493 2021-05-10 21:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511184493 I've used this website for inspiration: https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511185285 https://www.giftofcuriosity.com/engineering-challenges-for-kids-steam/]]> 2021-05-10 21:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511185285 A brief bit of training at UC and otherwise just conversations with my team leader who has been doing STEAM challenge for a few years. https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511187156 2021-05-10 21:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rosss7/hr8y1clwjckmx1tj/wish/1511187156