Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Creativity Challenges Provide the Perfect Brain Breaks During Test Prep and Testing Season! This is where creativity challenges come into play, serving as the perfect brain breaks during test prep and testing seasons for elementary students. What are Creativity Challenges?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space. Fear not, we’ve got you covered! Let’s dive in!

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Talk STEM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Megan teaches 4th grade Math at Mockingbird Elementary in Dallas ISD. Students can pose their own math questions and share their creativity on platforms like FlipGrid. Shares The post 5 Tips from talkSTEM/Comerica Teacher Fellow for Elementary Math Classrooms! Share and Enjoy ! appeared first on talkSTEM.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

144: Why Are Makerspaces Important in the Elementary Classroom? One of innovation, creativity, collaboration, community, and critical thinking. Makerspace should exist in every elementary classroom. Today we are talking about WHY classrooms might want to include a makerspace. Come join me. They are a mindset.

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

STEM in Elementary Education The STEM workforce is growing at a faster rate than any other field. Best STEM Activities for Elementary Students In this article, STEM Sports® introduces simple and easy-to-implement STEM activities for elementary students. The term is commonly used when talking about education and careers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Promoting Creativity : Graphing can be a creative process, particularly when students are tasked with representing data or functions in innovative ways. Encouraging creativity in graphing assignments can make the learning process more engaging and enjoyable for students.

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Carly and Adam

AUGUST 16, 2023

Free International Dot Day Activity (Creativity Challenges) Teachers, are you looking for some free resources for International Dot Day? After the encouragement from her teacher Vashti begins drawing dots, making them bigger, better and more creative with each iteration and inspiring others along the way.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, it's crucial to foster creativity and innovation among our young learners. One effective way to do this is by incorporating 15-minute creativity challenges into the elementary classroom. What are 15-Minute Creativity Challenges? Perfect for Easter and Springtime celebrations!

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 31, 2022

14 Diverse STEM Picture Books for Elementary Students Our classroom libraries and the stories that we share with our students should be reflective of the diversity that makes up our world. Along with each book summary, there are a few hands-on activities to support elementary learners. *This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 22, 2022

First, I wanted my learners, who are from lower income families, to develop both an entrepreneur mindset and entrepreneur skills along with the creativity and innovation that comes with these skills. Why a Unit on Social Entrepreneurship. Not every child is temperamentally suited to be a social entrepreneur.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 12, 2023

In elementary STEM or science classes, you may or may not be responsible for providing letter grades or an overall percentage for students, but it is still important to share progress with students and their families. Developing the creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication skills in our students is important.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In an era where environmental consciousness is more important than ever, elementary school teachers have a unique opportunity to instill values of sustainability and creativity in their students. Embrace STEM Through Creative Recycling Projects. Download the STEM Challenge Have more questions or need additional resources?

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

JANUARY 24, 2022

154:5 Magnificent Benefits from an Elementary Makerspace Today we take a further look at the magnificent benefits of an elementary Makerspace. I also want to take this moment to let you know that my Makerspace course Mastering Makerspace: From Zero to Amazing is open and accepting enrollment. I hope to see you inside!

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User Generated Education

MAY 17, 2024

Why a Unit on Social Entrepreneurship First, I wanted my learners, who are from lower income families, to develop both an entrepreneur mindset and entrepreneur skills along with the creativity and innovation that comes with these skills. They demonstrate advanced oral and written skills and creative expression.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 15, 2021

How do you Start an Elementary STEM Club? Communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking are also important skills for educators to develop as you consider taking on this new adventure. Creativity This is the fun part of the planning! What creative content will you engage learners in?

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This activity allows young learners to explore creativity while practicing basic engineering skills. Week 4: More Halloween STEM ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES Halloween excitement carries into the final week of October with more themed STEM activities that challenge students’ creativity and engineering skills.

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STEM Education Shopping

JANUARY 27, 2024

Key Takeaways STEM toys offer hands-on learning experiences that teach children problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity across all stages of childhood development. They’re also amazing tools for enhancing creativity and critical thinking. It’s like having a mini science lab at home.

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Carly and Adam

AUGUST 18, 2023

Drawing inspiration from our August Happy Hour with Jed Dearybury in the STEM Teachers Club , here are some practical tips for elementary educators to ensure an engaging classroom at the start of the school year. It’s why we created the Elementary STEM Teachers Club. And you, as a teacher, need community too. Embrace Change.

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Carly and Adam

MAY 23, 2022

If you teach in the upper elementary grades 3-5, you know that a great piece of children’s literature can help to set the stage for any STEM lesson or an engaging engineering design challenge. Maggie doesn’t want to be a flower girl, so she comes up with some other creative possibilities. Join our Free Facebook Group.

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Carly and Adam

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Balloons Over Broadway is our favorite Read Aloud Book for Elementary Teachers during the Thanksgiving season. Use the Balloon Creativity Challenges to Set Up Your STEAM Activity. Our solution is to use part of the Balloons Over Broadway Creativity Challenges to help students warm up their brainstorming skills.

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Teachers are Terrific

MARCH 31, 2023

If you are looking for hands-on engaging activities for your upper elementary students, I have great ideas for you. We had so many creative bird feeders with perches for the birds to sit on and little spouts to use when pouring in the seeds. These 3 STEM Challenges are perfect for learning more about seeds and flowers.

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Teachers are Terrific

JULY 13, 2023

Their mazes are also decorated so creatively. They loved these and really worked hard to be creative! It never occurred to me they would enjoy mazes so much, but they really do. They try so hard to make all the paths work and have dead ends. In this post, for your convenience, you may find Amazon Affiliate links to resources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

Sure, “share knowledge” works better with appropriate transition words and comma placement, but those sorts of skills better fit ‘language’ than ‘writing’ Writing is about the thoughtfulness and creativity required to communicate based on audience, task and purpose. Elementary-High School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2023

Are you like me and always looking for creative ways to add technology to your lessons? …Or I’m here to tell you, this easy tool will surprise even you with how you can creatively captivate your homeschoolers without the hassle of clunky tech. Simply search “infographic” in the search bar in Canva to get your creative juices flowing.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Recently I wrote a blog post about Intentional Creativity. Below the graphic are specific ideas I am using with my gifted elementary students this school year. What follows are the activities I am using this school year to be intentional with sparking creativity in my gifted education classrooms. Write About.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 8, 2021

STEM Challenges and Books for Elementary Students During the Month of December STEM learning is the integration of science, technology, engineering, and math. It is a hands-on way for kids to extend their learning in these subject areas while developing creativity and critical thinking skills.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

STEM education is not just about science and math; it develops skills such as creativity, communication, empathy and critical thinking that complement technologies like generative AI and coding. As the demand for digital skills grows, schools must develop inclusive programs to engage diverse learners.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. Math is about creativity, making sense, connections, and communicating.” As Boaler asserts, “Everyone can learn math to high levels.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The projects also teach students to build on the ideas of others, vet sources, generate questions, deeply analyze topics, and think creatively and analytically. I use the following activities to introduce elementary students to the design thinking process. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School. Understand ‘Digital Citizenship’ Current best practices say don’t hide students from the digital world.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 26, 2021

STEM Challenges and Books for Elementary Students During the Month of January When you can captivate students by the possibility of something new and imaginative, it can lead to opportunities for learning in STEM, design and making. STEM Challenges and Books for Elementary Students During the Month of January.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Develops Logic, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. In addition, studies show that chess boosts creativity, most dramatically in originality. Some Academic and SEL Benefits of Chess. Playing chess requires a lot of “if-then” logical analysis and “what-if” scenarios, all necessary ingredients for developing logical and critical thinking.

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Kid Spark Education

MAY 12, 2022

With the critical thinking, creative problem solving, and logical reasoning skills learned through early STEM fluency, young learners are able to adapt more quickly and embrace the world around them with curiosity and confidence. Starting STEM education early sets students up for educational success in and out of the STEM subjects.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Discover how to encourage creativity and self-expression in your classroom for all grades. Authentic Experiences : Showcase student work with tools like eBooks, digital displays, and class libraries to celebrate their creativity.

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CoderZ

AUGUST 8, 2024

By implementing a comprehensive coding curriculum ––starting in elementary school and continuing through high school––schools can equip students with essential skills and enhance CTE, often before students even take their first technical education course.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

MARCH 1, 2021

Episode 116 - OTT: How to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing in the Classroom with Natasha Nurse Clarke Natasha Nurse Clarke has so much to share with us today! She also reveals many methods to get her students to open up and get the creative juices flowing. Whether you teach elementary or college, you don’t wanna miss this episode!

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Teaching students the mechanism behind how the brain operates and teaching them approaches they can use to work that mechanism more effectively helps students believe they can create a more intelligent, creative, and powerful brain. Finishing Up with a Creative Writing Activity About the Brain.

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