163. Brain Building Box: What's Inside the Moon?

11/15/2024

Educators participating in Vivify’s workshop at the Great Minds in STEM Conference attempt the helium stick challenge.

Show Summary:

From Sphero chariot races to a straw rocket challenge between engineers and educators, Claire and Natasha reflect on the K-12 Educator Institute, a workshop they facilitated as part of the Great Minds In STEM conference. They share ideas and big takeaways for facilitating STEM PD for teachers. Claire also tortures Natasha with questions from her students' “Brain Building Box!”

Links from the Show:

Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes

• 125. Constraints in a STEM Classroom

• 119. Think Like A Scientist

Vivify STEM Blog Posts

• Not all STEM is Equal: 3 Stages of STEM Education

• Pipe Cleaner STEM Challenge

• Basics of Sphero Robotics + 3 Awesome Sphero STEM Activities (includes Sphero Chariots)

• STEM Family Night Planning Guide

Vivify STEM Lessons

• STEM Tower Challenges

• STEM Space Lander Challenge - K-5 or 6-8

• Lunar Crater STEM Challenge

• Bundle: STEM Family Night Planning Guide, STEM Activity Instructions, Posters

• Mission to Moon Semester STEM Unit + Moon Colony Project! (includes Roller Coaster Challenge and Moon Planning game)

• Mission to Mars Semester STEM Unit + Mars Colony Project! (includes Lander Challenge and Mars Planning game)

• Straw Rocket STEM Challenge - K-2 or 3-10

• Roller Coaster STEM Challenge - K-5 or 5-8

• Brick by Brick: Introduction to Criteria and Constraints - FREE in The STEM Space Explorer Library!

Other STEM Resources

• Great Minds In STEM

• Northrop Grumman

• NASA Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC)

• Quick Tips

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