https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES Ft. Mill, SC en-us 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC 2026-01-24 21:50:05 UTC hello@padlet.com jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965134 STEAM goal for year one: to work on making STEAM in the classroom flow naturally, not a science lesson that is done once a week.
11-15-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965134 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965135 STEAM goal for year one: to work on building a community of problem solvers; to help colleagues understand the culture of STEAM. 
11-15-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965135 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965136 STEAM goal for year one: to have STEAM lessons occur more than only during science.  
11-15-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965136 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965137 STEAM goal for year one:  to understand what STEAM is all about and how it can be taught in the class with meaning and not as a project.
11-15-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965137 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965138 While working in small groups, students became experts on a country, then took their facts back to their 'home group' and shared what they learned.  Technology was incorporated with Chatterpix and Seesaw.
12-13-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965138 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965139 Students were tasked with designing a boat to get the Gingerbread Man to safety.  The engineering design steps were introduced and he 4 C's were used to complete the task.
12-13-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965139 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965140 4th grade students collaborate to design a moving vehicle to solve a problem.  Then the students present what they built and explain why they built it.  One group built a rover to collect unknown objects from a planet and return them to earth for scientists to study.   
12-13-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965140 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965141 Students are hooked into a weather unit with the explanation of insurance.  They are given the opportunity to purchase home, car, and/or flood insurance.   Next week, a natural disaster will occur in the classroom.
12-13-17]]> 2018-02-05 04:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/227965141 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100578 Students work on a Valentines inspired STEM math and Science challenge. Teams collaborated to build and test a balance system.]]> 2018-04-10 03:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100578 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100619 Student utilize the 4Cs as they work through interdisciplinary stations.]]> 2018-04-10 03:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100619 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100633 Working Collaboratively to place analog and digital times into sequential order and differentiate between AM and PM.]]> 2018-04-10 03:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100633 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100662 Understanding Main Idea using the strategy of Yes/No/Maybe? Students then took a group of pictures and decided as a team what the main idea of the pictures was.]]> 2018-04-10 03:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100662 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100679 Students working through an American Revolutionary War board on Discovery Education while implementing the SOS - AEIOU.]]> 2018-04-10 03:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100679 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100704 Co-taught a class of where Kindergarten teams worked together to create the tallest tower they could with only a newspaper and one roll of tape. They displayed amazing perseverance and learning by observing other team's progress ]]> 2018-04-10 03:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100704 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100738 The Challenge is simple. The ball must travel the length of the table and drop into a cup. The more complex your team can make it...The batter!]]> 2018-04-10 03:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100738 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100749 After completing all the stations about Amelia Earhart, Students created a one sentence summary about Amelia's impact on the world today!]]> 2018-04-10 03:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100749 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100754 3rd graders working together to build and code the Lego 2.0 Wedo - Milo. Great real world connection to Rovers or robot that are used in hazardous conditions.]]> 2018-04-10 03:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100754 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100861 Worked collaboratively with Ms. Swartout to modify to infuse STEAM throughout all types of stations]]> 2018-04-10 03:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100861 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100934 Teams revise their designs and present the finished product to the class.]]> 2018-04-10 03:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100934 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100957 Ms. Johnson Created this Book Talk Starter Page after we discussed ways to increase the 4Cs in Reading and Writing.]]> 2018-04-10 03:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250100957 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250525631 After studying fairy tails, students use STEAM to help Hansel and Gretel trap the witch.]]> 2018-04-11 00:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250525631 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250525656 2018-04-11 00:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250525656 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250525721 Mission to collect data about the fun run incentives and chart the results for the PTO.]]> 2018-04-11 00:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250525721 jflores_depd https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250537776 Co-presented an introductory activity for force, motion, and energy. This will be followed by the STEM activity of creating and testing a catapult.]]> 2018-04-11 01:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jflores_depd/GoldHillES/wish/250537776