Riverwalk STEM Academy @ Just Elementary School

Thank you #AbbottElementary and @ABCNetwork for the amazing book fair you put on for us! The kids loved the two free books they received. Also, thanks for the 10 free teacher books for them to add to their library! This will be an experience they will always remember! @Chavers_JC

We reviewed how volume takes up space by building rooms in Minecraft @PlayCraftLearn. We even used the portfolio and chalkboards to label our builds! @WeAreHAEST @TampaBaySTEM @JustES_STEM @HCPSElemScience

I have had a couple different positions this year, but currently I teach 5th grade self contained! This week we have been reading about How to Make S’mores. So learned about solar energy, made a solar oven and made some delicious s’mores! @JustES_STEM @WeAreHAEST @iReady

During our small groups today, we investigated how the strength of force effects an object’s motion! They loved the LEGO push machine! @JustES_STEM @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @LEGO_Education @TampaBaySTEM

Join us for some fall fun!

My 5th graders tested out ramp height, hill height and loops this week! They can’t wait to use this data for their roller coaster deigns next week! @JustES_STEM @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience

Ms. Metzger’s 4th graders got to test out their blueprint and collect data on their marshmallow launcher! @JustES_STEM @WeAreHAEST @TampaBaySTEM @HCPSElemScience

During Ms. Medina’s 1st grade STEM Time, students reviewed how to make observations using their five senses! Coding mouse was a hit! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @TampaBaySTEM

It was a coding mouse kind of day!! Mrs. Watson let me do a reading center with some of her 2nd graders! We worked on words with “sh” sounds! @JustES_STEM @WeAreHAEST @TampaBaySTEM @HCPSRead

When a science teacher subs during a reading class, you better believe LEGO will be involved! @JustES_STEM @WeAreHAEST @LEGO_Education @HCPSRead

I love these simple machine lessons! 2nd graders in @kenclifton00 class built Cinderella’s Coach and collected data on how different amounts of force effects an object’s motion! Check out that amazing notebook entry! @WeAreHAEST @JustES_STEM @HCPSElemScience @LEGO_Education

Students in Ms. Metzger’s 4th grade class we’re investigating with how energy causes motion and creates change! Collecting data with wind up toys is so much fun! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @TampaBaySTEM

Today I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Jackson’s class while she was out! We used nonstandard units of measure to measure the size of our foot! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @JustES_STEM

Today in @DerecaThomas and Ms. Quinn’s kinder class, students used observations to sort cereal of similar pieces and drew sketches of their sorts. @HCPSElemScience @WeAreHAEST

Today during 1st grade STEM time we used properties of matter to sort out bricks by color and worked cooperatively to build a house! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @TampaBaySTEM @LEGO_Education

@DerecaThomas kinder class went outside to make observations and then recorded them in their scientific notebook! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @TampaBaySTEM

In Ms. Metzger’s 4th grade class, students learned about different forms of energy by investigating with flashlights, rubber band guitars and wind up toys! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @TampaBaySTEM

Working on our observation and inferencing skills using the coding blocks in WeDo 2.0! I love the kids faces the first time they press play! @JustES_STEM @LEGO_Education @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience