• As we begin to close the school year, I can reflect on the impact that I have seen on my students during my first year participating in the ARI grant program. The unit, Engineering Excellence: Innovation for All!, has inspired me to continue the pathway of problem-based learning and STEM education strategies in my classroom. This initial unit…Read More

  • Kindergarten Life Science: Link to my ARI Grant Power Point: https://www.dropbox.com/s/726d2rjnggl6ng3/ARI%20Grant%20PowerPoint.pptx?dl=0

  • I am getting more connections to UK’s STEM work – which is funded by mini-grants. This is separate from NxtGen Academy work and is providing some awesome opportunities for teachers which I saw in action yesterday on campus. They have been working with some southeast/southcentral districts to pair teachers with UK researchers as well as industry…Read More

  • First Grade students learned about biomimicry. After viewing life cycles of butterflies, frogs, and ant habitats as well as reading several books about animal characteristics, students decorated a mystery box. Students received a wooden box. Each student wrote a note to their friend and placed it in the box. Then the student decorated the box…Read More

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  • here is a copy of the powerpoint I presented in April

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