Angelo Vargas; M.Ed

The best gift that tops all gifts. In almost 30 years these continue to be what strikea at my chords the most. Teacher appreciated.

I was asked tinshare a video not the Texan Fiesta coaster in motion. Duh? Well here it is. My mentor is running it for our Littles.

Guests learned about blocking code using Spheros bolt, Indi Spheros, and Dash. A blast!

More STEAM

STEAM was a hit. Wish Fiesta Texas would've made our invitation. But our families loved all the use of technology- lots of excitement with our Fiesta Coater maiden voyage.

Round 3 of Alternative Energy. We used a potato a starchy green banana, & lemons to discuss and learn about chemical energy. Lots of fun in discussing how these fruits respond in a similar way to a battery...minus electrolytes.

@missmulrooney So...maybe it is in the action & not the computing in itself - so 6/6 = whole. Now you have 2/3 to share w friend since 4/6 was eaten. But a 2 friend show up. Out of courtesy you share pizza equally...but of 2/3 you get 1/6 each...! B4=1/3 ea. Or just badly written question. Ouch

Any 3rd grade math experts want to explain this to me? Not sure if I’m having a stroke but I’m convinced 2/3 and 4/6 are the same thing? Am I ok?

Our concession standard taking hours a piece to print. But all student designed using basic shapes un Tinkercad. My mentors taught me well and the wealth was paid forward- Thanks Melinda, Rosemary, and Justin.

Here us our near complete and improved designed. We reached beyond to boldly go where the Engineering Design Process took us. Press alt to read update

We are getting closer to completion. Lots of failure, but great discussions. April 9th is our STEAM/GT event- so Fiesta Texan Coaster will take her maiden voyage. Check out these failures to success. Yap in ALT to read what us what.

3rd graders are engaged in round 2 of computer science Ghost Blitz game. Binary system down & 4 computer functions check; but can they be faster than a computer? That was the goal, but I think it went wayside - all good. Let them play- many underlying lessons are still learnt.

@suniljohn @HLtinkercad @Polymaker_3D Looks awesome!

@HLtinkercad On my son’s sick day he spent it working through your Tinkercad car and bucket seat tutorials making objects ‘the boss’. Set it to print overnight and this was the result in @Polymaker_3D Aqua Blue PLA. He’s 7. 🤯

@ACruzTeach .ore unfo. Sounds great. I am interested in theme park design as you may already know...lol.

Who’s ready to start planning?? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️

5th graders are doing more w/ robotics: L1 For this intro the kids were given a choice of putting together a wind up that was disassembled. The goal was to get them to think using the ED steps...test/Improve. Later they will use 3D printing to create their own wind-up. TBC.

Present- Discuss- Let Go The title explains my lesson approach & my belief in letting them own the struggle. 4th grade is exploring alternative energy sources. This is round 2 of our lessons. TBC. Failing (forward) can be fun & safe. The pixs & clips tell it all...

@MrHsSTEMlab @NISDAUE @KEVAplanks @Sphero @NISDSTEMLabs Mark, did they first create the trail and then build the code around that? I like this idea.

Bridging bridges Beam bridge, suspension, and trussel- oh my! It's a wrap on civil engineering with exploring and understanding the engineering design of types of bridges- first graders worked as teams to make triangles that were connected to create our finale.

@melinda_valdez1 @NISDBeard @NISD Congrats friend. You are far and beyond worthy of such an honor.

Thank you to my @NISDBeard colleagues for choosing me as the Educator of the Year. Beard is a FABULOUS school with EXCEPTIONAL teachers. I would put my grand babies in any classroom in the school & know they had the best. I feel blessed, honored, & humbled to represent Beard.

@rosemarylara96 @NISDSteubing @NISDSTEMLabs I love when they make connections and build on them. Proud STWM teacher moments.

STEM ❤️ happy! S & group is constructing a hot dog stand and I’m watching her create what I think is a wheel and axle. I ask her what she is constructing and she said I’m making a wheel & axle like the one we made in 3rd grade for our recycled racer! @NISDSteubing @NISDSTEMLabs

Testing-Improving- Testing. We had a lot of that today. Discussions of gravity force & weight to get that cart going! It was a struggle; but when we used the tape measure as weight - it took off -humm. We also started building more wheels foe our carts. Tedious & a lesson indeed.