Can your students create their own video games instead of just playing them? Students will plan, code, test, and create a simple game where one sprite tries to catch another…
Week 2: K-2 Day 4 Letter
…yogurt container from the recycling bin) and have the child wash it before you begin making the play-dough. You can have your child “test” how the play-dough fits in the…
#313 – Back-to-School Teacher Technology Checklist
…key digital platforms. Choose a few power tools. Test your technology. A Bonus Tip Find out who serves as the tech support and integration specialist in your building, as they…
Lemon Battery: Collaborative Problem-Solving
…Would more lemons make the light brighter? Can you test your prediction? How could you make your switch more reliable? How could you make it easier to use? For Teachers…
Pass the Peppers
Can your students solve a family problem with engineering? Students will plan, create, and test a design to get peppers from Makayla’s second-story apartment porch to her grandmother’s second-story apartment…
#228 – AI in the Secondary Classroom, with Julie York
…create. Teach them to make mistakes. Teach them to test things. Teach them to want to investigate.” Regarding AI specifically, she adds, “The most important thing to me is that…
#306 – Universal Design for Learning, with Dr. Sam Johnston
…reduce anxiety before a test. It also means finding ways to include everyone in the collective work of the classroom. Sam also says, “I think the biggest thing with engagement…
#217 – AI Prompt Engineering
…results from an AI . . ., or you’re writing copy to train and test an AI system.” 10 Tips Provide a role. Define a task. Identify an objective. Identify…
Postcard From Space: Marketing
…plan work for the Earth-based version? Who would students interview to test their advertisement and get feedback? For Teachers Think about ways to integrate STEM and literacy. Documenting the design…
Postcard From Space: Engineering
…test their design here on Earth. For Students What would students need in order to build a model or prototype of their design? For a connection to human spaceflight, consider…
#194 – Assessment as Revelation, with Dr. Kelly Camak Niccolls
…storytelling.” Storytelling allows students to share “the complexity and the richness of brilliance” of their stories, rather than simply being quantified on a standardized test, which can “completely dehumanize the…
Virtual Pomp & Circumstance: Creatively Celebrating Student Achievements
…their own video games instead of just playing them. Students will plan, code, test, and create a simple game where one sprite tries to catch another and earn as many…
Coding C.H.O.M.P.
…how code representing healthy foods causes CHOMP to grow bigger and faster, and they will ultimately create and test their own code that shows consequences for characters when they choose…
FANtastic: Using Wind Energy
…Energy Virtual Lab, students can determine which of the six blade variables makes the largest difference in energy generation. Students can change one single variable, click “test,” document the response,…
The Server’s Tray
…Teachers Additional challenge activities are available for students who want to test out their newly acquired coding skills. If students feel like they need more coding experience before attempting a…