Happy 100th Day!!

Three Kindergarten classes made 100 Day T-shirts
in the Maker Space!

We used our Roland Vinyl Cutter, heat press,

 and good old finger painting for a truly spectacular design.

The Eggs are in the Incubator... Day 1

Our eggs arrived today from Omega Hills Farm.
21 Days until our Crested Cream Legbar chicks hatch.

 We currently have 14 eggs in the incubator, we'll check them at days 7, 14, and 18.

Reversible & Irreversible

Second grade has been learning about changes in their states of matter unit.  Specifically they are learning about what constitutes a reversible change like the lake freezing and thawing, and what makes an irreversible change... like SLIME.

Most specifically we made heat senstive color changing slime.  First making a SOLUTION of water and glue, then adding a CHEMICAL CHANGE with BORON found in borax and changing the solution permenately to slime... making it IRREVERSIBLE.

You Gotta Regatta- Pumpkin Regatta

You Gotta Regatta- Pumpkin Regatta

Third Grade students enjoyed making pumpkin boats to race in our rain gutters using what they learned about bouyancy.

Creating Creatubbles- SPOTLIGHT TOOL

Greetings everyone:

I wanted to introduce you to a new tool that we'll be using in the Makerspace.  You can use this at home or in your classroom too.  It's called Creatubbles!  

Here's the link to check it out for yourself:

Creatubbles link

And a quick video of an ed blogger explanation for your viewing pleasure:

I would encourage you to sign up- it's free, click around and try it out, it will honestly take a few minutes of your time.  I'm always here for questions or to click around with you- teachers on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have open Collaboration!

But what is it you ask (didn't watch the video)?  Well students can post their creations and see the creations of other students globally in a safe environment.  This could be artwork, videos, minecraft creations, 2d collages... and honestly better and safer than posting to YouTube.  We'll be using this to post our animated shorts in second grade.

Students will be posting up their videos here in about a month.  They will be able to share their videos with family and friends, but that's not all... Students will also be able to comment on others video and receive feedback from students across the world who view their videos.  This is a safe way for students to engage with other students, and to add positively to their digital footprint.

This transforms how students previously shared work with just their class or their families... student's work is now shared with other student's globally.  Connecting them with a real audience to share their creations.

Students are Empowered Learners (ISTE 1c), Creative Communicators (6b, 6d), and Global Collaborators (7a)