Christine Otero

We loved playing Science Vocabulary Headbandz to end the week before spring break! 🤩 @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @Area3STEM

Students were recognized for their STEM Fair success on the morning show today & some even wore science shirts to celebrate! 🤩🩵 I’m so proud of the hard work these kids put into their projects! 🥇🥈🧑‍🔬 @WeAreHAEST @HCPS_STEM @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @Area3STEM

✨A new week means a new challenge! Check out the latest social media challenges. Winners will be selected each week. Invite other science teachers to participate. ✨

@justcallmemsr Ahhh I need to do this! Love this!

Coaching ANOTHER season of Girls On The Run is already proving to be another joyful, rewarding, wonderful experience! I cannot wait to watch this team of girls grow the remainder of this season, and be ready for their 5K at the end of April!!! 💗🏃‍♀️

HAEST has a new challenge!!! This month, we are looking for the school that tags HAEST in posts, highlighting the most teachers. Stay tuned for upcoming weekly challenges.

We had a great day celebrating our scientists, engineers, and inventors at the 2026 Hillsborough County Regional STEM Fair. Thank you teachers, science department, district employees, and community members for supporting our students. @HCPSElemScience @HCPS_STEM

We had soooo much fun recording our virtual STEM Fair presentation!! 🤭🤗🥼👩‍🔬🎤 @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @CarrollwoodSTE1

Let's get ready for some new social media challenges!

@mrstwilson1 @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @Sessumspride How cool!!!

We have engineers on site! Students use feedback to improve their builds - Build a boat that can transport sea animals safely to a different location. @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @Sessumspride

STEM Fair feedback throughout the past few weeks has included compliments & questions to clarify things from both myself (written in their log) & their peers (written on sticky notes)! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @Area3STEM

@ohsnapp2teach @THEShawElem @educationUSF @CCopeland01 @HCPSTNRegion1 Dr. Latzke is the best! She was my supervisor at @educationUSF!

!Surprise! 🥰What a joy it was to witness a sweet surprise for our @THEShawElem amazing first year, 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Ventura! Thank you Dr. Randi Latzke for being her University Clinical Supervisor when she was an intern @educationUSF ! @CCopeland01 @HCPSTNRegion1 @TransformHCPS @Community_Sch @HillsboroughSch

Got inspired by the ELA teachers & @CarrollwoodMed1, and decided to do my own Science myON challenge! These books will help review content from quarter 2 before their QMT 🧪🔬 🥼 @Area3STEM @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @hubofschool @WeAreHAEST @HillsboroughSch

My heart is so happy & full with this year’s STEM Fair 💚💜 My scientists & engineers are working hard on getting their projects ready to start collecting some data! @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @Area3STEM

Students choose from a science word bank to complete a vocab map for homework! This provides opportunities for students’ learning & understanding of science academic language to be discussed at home 🧪🔬🧑‍🔬 @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @Area3STEM @CarrollwoodK8

We had SO much fun collecting evidence on how the surface can affect the distance a car travels! New wonderings developed during this investigation, just in time to start STEM fair next week 😊🏎️💨 @HCPSElemScience @WeAreHAEST @CarrollwoodK8 @Area3STEM @HCPSArea3

Do all objects that produce light also produce heat? We collected evidence to help us answer that question during our exploration today! 💡🔥☀️🔦 @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @CarrollwoodK8 @Area3STEM

We are so happy @MOSIinMotion came for our annual STEAM Night at @CarrollwoodK8 !! So much exciting COLORFUL CHEMISTRY that happened tonight! 🔥🧪😁 @HCPSArea3 @Area3STEM @CarrollwoodSTE1 @ChristinaCalve @HCPSElemScience @WeAreHAEST @CarrollwoodMed1 @HillsboroughSch

Check out our new challenges! To be considered for a prize, posts must showcase Guaranteed and Viable curriculum.

SOOO EXCITED my girls get to represent Carrollwood at our district Science Olympics!!! Couldn’t be prouder of their hard work!! I think the sign made by our classmate brought us good luck! @CarrollwoodK8 @CarrollwoodSTE1 @Area3STEM @WeAreHAEST @HCPSElemScience @HCPSArea3

🎃🔬 It’s STEMtober! 🔬🎃 This month, we’re celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math across our district! From hands-on experiments to innovative projects, our students are exploring, creating, and discovering the amazing world of STEM. 💡 For resources, check out: hillsboroughschools.org/stem #STEMtober #STEM, #Science, #Technology, #Engineering, #Mathematics