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Dear Data

8/29/2017

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This year we are welcoming a new STEM school to the district, William H. Brown Elementary School. When planning for their introductory professional development, as a team we knew that we wanted to have the teachers participate in a high-quality STEM activity that incorporated the five elements of a STEM unit: STEM standards, authentic (real world examples), STEM careers, transdisciplinary, and the Four Cs).

My colleague, Chris Nho (email, twitter) had the brilliant idea to have the teachers participate in an activity inspired by Dear Data. Dear Data was a year-long project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, two award-winning information designers. Once a week the designers sent each other personal data in the form of hand drawn postcards and through these messages, they learned more about one another. You can watch a short video about the project here.


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Graphing with Google Sheets

3/18/2017

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I've always placed a huge emphasis on not only interpreting data in my class, but also the importance of students organizing and presenting their own data in a professional manner. Over the past few years I have moved away from having my students make pen and paper graphs (a skill have already covered in elementary school) and have required them to create digital graphs in Google Sheets. These graphs can easily be inserted into Slides and Docs, giving student presentations and lab reports a more polished, professional look.

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Bringing Japan Into My Chicago Classroom

10/18/2016

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Originally posted on the National Science Teacher Association blog. 
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At the Toshiba offices in Irvine, California
On July 30th, eight high school students and four teachers from the United States traveled to Tokyo to participate in the third annual TOMODACHI Toshiba Science and Leadership Academy. The goal of our trip was to work with Japanese students and teachers on two science and engineering projects that I will also be implementing in my classroom this year. The first project was to build a marble elevator using the engineering and design process and the second project was to use science and technology ideas to improve a real-life community by making it smarter and more disaster-resilient. At the closing ceremonies each group presented their suggestions for one of the following communities: Jakarta, Beijing, Lesbos, or Kuchineorabu-jima

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