Brain Brigade
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Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States
About the store
As an educator for the past 40 years and as Wisconsin’s 2003 Teacher of the Year I have languished over the lack of hands-on learning in our schools. In 2008, my daughter and I started Brain Brigade with the idea of bringing hands-on learning to every child particularly in the area of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
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EASY! LED Spring Card | STEM, Science, STEAM, Circuits | Maker Space Activity
Light up your classroom (and your children’s faces) with this radiant lighted card project! LEDs are a great hands-on exercise in exploring circuits. This is a BEGINNER LEVEL LED activity. An introduction to SMD LEDs and circuits. This simple tutorial will help your students become familiar with parallel circuits and LEDs. We provide links for the items you need on our materials listed on page 3 - they’re inexpensive and they ship quickly. Fill your classroom with these cards of joy! DeLIGHT you
3rd - 8th
General Science
My Classroom is a Jungle! | Make a Tropical Rainforest in your Classroom
Build an incredible model of a rainforest in your room with trees that are 10 feet tall, vines, flowers and animals! Bring the rainforest alive while amazing your students. Explore ecosystems, endangered species, and environment in this hands-on and engaging unit.
We include the following in this 27 page tropical rainforest unit download:
• An introduction to the tropical rain forest
• Individual student research topic lists
• Directions with photos for building a jungle in your classroom
• Gui
3rd - 9th
Environment, Geography
Leaf Templates in sm, med, and lg for Building a Rainforest in your Classroom
These three leaf templates come easy to print on letter, legal and tabloid size. They will help you create leaves for your classroom rainforest more efficiently. Simply download the PDF files, print, cut and hang!
For a full unit on tropical rain forests with building instructions, photos, and extensions to your rainforest unit {leaf templates included} check out:
My Classroom is a Jungle! Make a Rainforest in Your Classroom
Build an incredible model of a rainforest in your room with trees tha
3rd - 9th
Environment, Geography
ADVANCED LED Spring Card | STEM, Science, STEAM, Circuits | Maker Space Activity
Light up your classroom (and your children’s faces) with this radiant lighted card project! LEDs are a great hands-on exercise in exploring circuits. This is an ADVANCED LEVEL LED activity. It is a bit more challenging than some of our other LED projects because it contains two switches. We provide links for the items you need on our materials listed on page 3 - they’re inexpensive and they ship quickly. Fill your classroom with these cards of joy! DeLIGHT your children and their parents! Includ
4th - 8th
General Science
Easy! Electrify Your Valentine! Make your own LED Pop Up Card|STEAM Maker Space
Electrify Your Valentine by making an inexpensive LED light up and pop-up Valentine's Day Card! We love this project and think you and your students will too! Light up your classroom (and your children’s faces) with this radiant lighted card! Intermediate - Level 2 Circuit - This level will challenge your students on circuit turns, but is still relatively simple and very impressive. **You CAN do this even if you have never done circuits and LEDs before, it's just slightly more complicated than
4th - 10th
Basic Principles
7 Light Up Projects BUNDLE |STEM, Science, STEAM, Circuits|Maker Space Activity
{7} Light-up LED Projects for working independently in the classroom, the Maker Space, or a Learning Center! These activities will help your students become familiar with parallel circuits and LEDs. Great STEM, STEAM, Science and hands-on learning activities. Each product contains a tutorial with step-by-step photos and a printable template. There are 4 beginner level projects, 2 intermediate, and 1 advanced level (it has two switches!) so that your students can grow with the activities. Your s
3rd - 8th
General Science
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About the store
Experience
As an educator for the past 40 years and as Wisconsin’s 2003 Teacher of the Year I have languished over the lack of hands-on learning in our schools. In 2008, my daughter and I started Brain Brigade with the idea of bringing hands-on learning to every child particularly in the area of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Teaching style
I believe that we need to get children and teachers out of their comfort zones by providing novel learning activities that challenge them and are applicable to real life. As teachers we need to awaken a child’s curiosity by providing dynamic learning experiences. There is nothing more fulfilling than seeing the eyes of a child sparkle after launching a rocket. This is what all learning should be about; children, who having a spark ignite a fire within, seek to discover more on their own.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2003 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year
2002 Herb Kohl Fellowship Recipient
2001 Teacher of the Year, Neosho School, Neosho, WI
1993 Taught a graduate course, Lego® Logo, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1990 Developed and taught a graduate course, Integrating Environmental
Education into the Curriculum, Aurora University
1988 Safari Club International Award Awarded tuition grant for outdoor education seminar,
Jackson Hole, WY
1980 Developed and coordinated Outdoor Education Program-Neosho Middle School, Neosho, WI
My own education history
Master of Education - National College of Education Evanston, IL
B.A. Elementary Education – 1973 Concordia Teacher’s College Seward, NE
A.A. - Concordia College Milwaukee, WI
Additional biographical information
As a newly retired teacher I have been cataloging my classroom resources designed to bring hands-on learning to every student and sharing them here with you. I also lead after school programs, tutoring and summer camps. We blog at BrainBrigade.org.
I spend my spare time with my wonderful wife, four daughters, three sons-in-law, five grandchildren, and even more grand-dogs. I love gardening and traveling. My wife and I are always up for an adventure! Whether walking 70 miles in a weekend or piling our grandkids into our car and taking them for a road trip – we are up for the challenge!
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