JCISD Educational Technology Consultant, Former 3-5 STEM Teacher, Firefighter/First Responder, Foster Parent, Father to Three, Husband, Incredibly Blessed!
Michigan
Joined March 2013
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Students have been investigating how frogs develop into adults. With our display of actual frogs we are able to see these real life changes through every stage of development. Students have also been using our digital microscopes to look at the details of each stage!
Super proud of our FLL teams this year! Our 4th and 5th grade teams did an amazing job! Way to go Mini Mountie Megabots!
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Check out these views from today's @NorthropGrumman CRS-12 launch from Wallops Island, Virginia!
Full gallery from @nasahqphoto: bit.ly/2C2Woqy.
Students have been making “coins” that represent an important aspect of their lives. A little history, art, digital design, and creativity all rolled into one!
All of the plants are now in our Aeroponics system! We have a large variety of plants including Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Green Beans, Spinach, Mint, and Kale. Students have been collecting data and making observations on these plants. I can’t wait to see these grow for snacking!
We have lots of new things going on in the STEM room! In this center, students are able to learn about body systems by looking inside of the lungs, intestines, see a heart beat, and much more with AR. Many students say “eww gross” but somehow can’t seem to take their eyes off it!
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Loving our day @crossbraining #STEM cohort today! We got a @GoPro Silver 7 camera, #CrossBraining socks & full access to #CrossBraining site for our class! Talk about a day well spent collaborating like crazy with new nerd friends #nerding #TeachersWorkSaturdays @jasongribble
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Building a wind turbine with @FarkasSTEM and even our @CocaCola is supporting our efforts with @crossbraining
We had a Tinkercad Challenge today to design and 3D print Christmas Trees (or other items of the students choice). We had some pretty cool designs, can’t wait to see what the other students come up with!
Tomato plant update! These things are getting huge! Also, they are producing tomatoes that we have been snacking on!
Tomato plant update! We have been continuing to pollinate our plants as well as carefully monitoring plant health and water quality!
We are working with our Ozobot Robots to learn how to code! Students are trying to code these mini robots to navigate mazes.
Great work Jaiden V. on creating this duck using Tinkercad! This was imagined, created, and improved upon within a 30 minute period! We then 3D printed his creation into this model!
Check out my weekend project! Thanks to an individual donation for this project, an idea I had for the classroom has become a reality! Using smart lightbulbs and Amazon’s Alexa, I can help to manage the classroom’s time by changing the color of the lights to signify transitions.
