Happy 4th of July!

Building a catapult that can hit a target at one, three and five meters is a core project of Ben Smith’s engineering class. When the project is assigned, groups get to work inventing a mechanism that will meet the objectives, often coming up with ingenious ideas. But when Smith noticed his students were increasingly asking…
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Back in February I fell down the rabbit hole of digital planners. As I watched YouTube videos on the planners, I was struck by how labor intensive it was to create the stickers. Well, it was time to teach like a hacker and automate the process. After a couple of hours, I had a script…
Field trips and school outings create opportunities for students to share new experiences and get them excited about learning, but teachers often lack the resources for these out-of-the-classroom adventures.. Teachers at Community Consolidated School District 62 wouldn’t let a lack of resources stop them from igniting students’ sense of wonder by exploring the world together….