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This year I had the pleasure of teaching my first PLTW Design and Modeling class. There were days when I was absent or buffer days before new projects that needed to be filled with something. I decided to put together a list of 22 short creative, semi-open-ended projects to be completed in one class period. At the end of the presentation, there are solution-oriented tinkercad projects that would be best for older groups of students. This is a great way for students to practice and hone their ski

Being that I teach a Project Lead The Way elective course (PLTW design and modeling) I found myself looking for ways to extend learning for students in my class, some of who had already taken the eelective before. I could not find a multiview sketching paper I was satisfied with, so I made my own. Multiview sketching is foundational to my elective course and one of the first things we learn. Having extra sketching paper handy is a must, especially for students who are struggling to understand t

If you're new to Lucy Calkins' workshop like I was, the term "conferring" can quickly become a sore sport if you're not 100% confident in what you're doing. Conferring refers to meeting with students briefly, sometimes in small groups but a majority of the time one on one. The idea is to figure out what your student is working on, see what they do well and what they need to improve on and give them tools to succeed. I spend 45 minutes a period every day conferring while students work on their ow

rationaleat the beginning of the year in my steam femineers class, I wanted an easy introductory assignment that would get students back in the groove and introduce them to the general class structure. Being that this class was comprised of entirely girls I thought it would be a great idea to research other successful women in STEAM and have them learn/practice researching and building a Google site (something most of them would do in one class or another by the end of the school year). In this