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The Vivify team is on a mission to re-engineer STEM education! We are dedicated to creating authentic, engaging, and accessible K-12 STEM lessons that progressively develop critical STEM skills, knowledge, and habits of mind. Designed by a team of educators and engineers, our lessons are low-prep and classroom-tested. Join the over 25,000 educators, and vivify your classroom today!
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Intro to Coding: Communication STEM Activity
Intro to Coding: Unplugged & Distance Learning STEM Activity Practice critical Stage 1 STEM communication skills with this intro to coding activity! This download provides options for distance learning including activities for live virtual classes, Google Slides / Google Classroom, and printed packets for in-person instruction. All activities can be edited. **This activity is perfect for classrooms needing to implement social distancing or physical distancing between students.** Activity Overvie
1st - 8th, Adult Education
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Also included in: Intro to STEM Bundle: Icebreaker & Teamwork Activities
Technology Choice Board: Growing Bundle!
Technology Choice Board: Growing Bundle! Students will explore real-world careers, applications, and places in the world of technology through choice boards! A fun, engaging, and low-prep activity, this bundle is perfect as an exploration activity, backup plan, or for a substitute teacher! Great for end-of-year STEM or in a technology classroom! What is a STEM choice board? A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose from different activities from a central theme. Teach
K - 5th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Robotics Programming Maze Challenge
Sphero Maze STEM Challenge This free guide outlines how to guide your students to complete the programming maze challenge utilizing a Sphero robot and includes photos with examples. Students will use protractors and rulers to map out a course and program the robot to autonomously navigate. This engineering robotics lesson is perfect for informal learning environments or a quick STEM activity to promote habits of mind and develop making skills. Materials Needed: Sphero Robot such as BOLT+iPad,
4th - 10th
Computer Science - Technology, Measurement, Robotics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
+2
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Technology Choice Board: Virtual Field Trip!
Technology Choice Board: Virtual Field Trip! Go on a virtual field trip with this choice board for elementary and middle school! The digital STEM choice board is a low-prep student-driven activity that is great for a substitute lesson plan. The lesson includes editable Google Slides and a printable student journal. What is a digital choice board? A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose from different activities from a central theme. Teachers may have students choose
K - 8th
Computer Science - Technology
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Elf Coding STEM Christmas Activity
Elf Toy Coding STEM Christmas Activity Christmas is almost here, and Santa’s elves are running out of time to build all the toys! To help them finish, Santa has given them a robotic helper! Using verbal or written commands, the elves need to program the robot to build their toy. This intro to coding activity is perfect for an hour of code Christmas-themed challenge! The packet has options for classroom or distance learning including options for worksheets, Google Slides / Google Classroom, and
1st - 8th, Adult Education
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering, General Science
Also included in: Christmas STEM Challenges Bundle: Elf, Santa, and More!
Technology Choice Board: Tech Careers!
Technology Choice Board: Tech Careers! Explore careers in technology with this digital choice board! The low-prep student-driven activity is great for a substitute lesson plan. Includes editable Google Slides and a printable student journal. What is a STEM choice board? A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose from different activities from a central theme. Teachers may have students choose one of the 4 activities or complete the entire set for multiple days of learni
K - 5th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
Technology Choice Board: Types of Technology
Technology Choice Board: Types of TechnologyExplore types of technology with this digital choice board! The lesson includes editable Google Slides and a printable student journal. These are perfect for a substitute lesson for a STEM classroom!What is a STEM choice board? A choice board is a graphic organizer that allows students to choose from different activities from a central theme. Teachers may have students choose one of the 4 activities or complete the entire set for multiple days of learn
K - 5th
Computer Science - Technology, Engineering
Also included in: Year-Round STEM Engineering Challenges Bundle (Middle School STEM)
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The Vivify team is on a mission to re-engineer STEM education! We are dedicated to creating authentic, engaging, and accessible K-12 STEM lessons that progressively develop critical STEM skills, knowledge, and habits of mind. Designed by a team of educators and engineers, our lessons are low-prep and classroom-tested. Join the over 25,000 educators, and vivify your classroom today!
Teaching style
STEM transforms classrooms into an exciting world of curiosity, problem-solving, and creativity. Successful STEM education is an empowering interdisciplinary approach that brings math, science, and engineering concepts to life through challenging opportunities that mimic the complexities and excitement of the real world.
In our STEM classrooms, students apply math and science to a problem, using the engineering design process through technology. Our lessons follow the 3 Stages of STEM philosophy:
Stage 1 includes activities like tower challenges where students learn how to work together and develop essential habits of mind.
Stage 2 is where you introduce the engineering design process and add math and science, then use technology to solve a problem.
Stage 3 consists of longer, more complex challenges with a research component. In this stage, students solve a more open-ended problem and there is typically a final project that they present.
My own education history
Vivify is a STEM education company that is co-founded by Natasha Wilkerson and Claire Meschkat, two aerospace engineers turned educators who live in Texas.
Claire is a Pre-K thru 9th grade STEM teacher and STEM program coordinator at a Texas private school. She specializes in developing engineering curricula for elementary and middle school grades including the STEM Explorers series. Claire has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters of Education in Educational Psychology - Creativity & Cognition from Texas A&M University. Before Vivify, she worked as an aerospace engineer at Boeing Commercial Airlines, Boeing Space Exploration, & Air Tractor, Inc.
Natasha is the founder of Space Club, a K-8 informal STEM program that is now an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Cosmic Leap Foundation. Natasha specializes in research and development of engineering curricula and programming for middle school. Natasha has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University. Before Vivify, Natasha worked as an engineer for the United States Department of the Navy in radar and satellite spectrum management.
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