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Report Card Comments for STEM and Elementary Science

Carly and Adam

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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8 Benefits of Summer STEM Programs & Camps

STEM Sport

The summer months provide students with the flexibility and freedom to lean into areas that interest them that were either briefly covered during the classroom curriculum or not at all. Summer learning opportunities create a flexible, approachable learning environment for students to get up to speed or get ahead in STEM subjects.

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STEM, STEAM, or STREAM? What is the Difference?

Carly and Adam

Some educators feel strongly about the acronym, while others think more flexibly. This inclusion alters the focus on the original content areas and infuses creativity and design. Right brain thinkers are creative, intuitive and emotional in their thinking. It requires precision and creativity. So, Which One?

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How to Setup Your STEM Classroom

Carly and Adam

Flexible furniture for collaborating, planning, and sharing ideas were an important part of the makerspace design in one of the elementary schools that I served. In my book, STEAM Makers: Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Elementary Classroom I share the idea of the “Ss”; space, storage, and stuff.

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Coding for Kids: How to Boost Academic Achievement

PCS Edventures

Once kids begin to code, you’ll see that it fosters these skills and characteristics in learners: develops computational thinking enhances executive functioning skills encourages creative thinkers and innovators At what age can learners begin to code? why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school?

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Failure is Advantageous

PCS Edventures

With practice, they gain a passion for innovation, improve their ability to think creatively and become more adept at solving problems. What Learners Gain from Failure: A Drive for Further Innovation: There’s a contagious joy that spreads among groups of learners immersed in a design challenge.

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Priming Your Students' Power Skills

PCS Edventures

In time, learners build on each other's ideas and discover new perspectives, leading to more innovative solutions. With PCS Edventures’ quality STEAM challenges and scripted question prompts, educators can inspire learners to think differently and approach problems in innovative ways. Creative thinking is also essential in STEAM.