Elementary STEM
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10 Creative Ways to Use micro:bit in Your Elementary STEM Classroom (Plus How FarmBeats Adds Real-World Rigor)
By Beth Smith, M.Ed. | #smithingifted The BBC micro:bit is one of my favorite STEM tools because it does far more than teach coding. It transforms students into engineers, scientists, inventors, and problem-solvers. But here’s something many teachers don’t realize… You can take your micro:bit lessons to the next level by pairing them with Microsoft…
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Rubber Band Racers in the Gifted Classroom: Engineering, Energy, and a Whole Lot of “Try Again”
TeacherGeek 2.0 Rubber Band Racers turn a simple STEM build into a powerful gifted learning experience. Students explore force, motion, energy transfer, friction, measurement, data collection, and redesign as they build, test, and improve their racers. This hands-on challenge encourages problem-solving, perseverance, and engineering thinking while giving students a fun reason to collect evidence, analyze…