February 22, 2013
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Who’s my new favorite astronaut? Chris Hadfield, of course! Commander Hadfield is currently on the International Space Station, and he has been sharing his experiences with us, poor Earth-bound mortals. Each video has something amazing to see. Whether he is … Continue reading
December 11, 2012
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I just returned from an outing with a group of students in Mrs. McKenzie-Mohr’s Life Science class. We went exploring in the woods behind the tennis courts, searching for decomposers and symbiotic relationships between organisms. Unfortunately, the weather is cold … Continue reading
December 9, 2012
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In October, I clicked on a link in a tweet and discovered hexaflexagons. I watched a couple of videos from Vi Hart’s channel on YouTube, and then I set out to make my own. When I left my office to … Continue reading
November 7, 2012
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Ms. Curfman and her STEM class have been working on designing the city of the future. They are looking at issues such as financing public works, water runoff, and sprawl. I visited their classroom today. Everyone was having a really … Continue reading
August 16, 2012
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If you teach, attend school, or have kids in school in Virginia, you most definitely have heard about last spring’s Math Standards of Learning all-new test. It threw quite a few people for a loop, and I do hope the … Continue reading
May 18, 2012
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Last night I found out the Scratch team at MIT has the new Scratch up and ready for testing. I did not have much time to play around, but saw enough to know I really like it. Everything seems to … Continue reading
February 9, 2011
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STEM is a big topic, right? There is grant money, research, and lots of presentations at conferences. Here’s a story for the kids, especially the girls. Before there were computers, there were groups of people crunching numbers with pencil and … Continue reading
January 20, 2011
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I created this game to make myself go through the full process of drawing the sprites and stacking all the blocks necessary for a game. Until I made this game, I had mostly created little storytelling animations. It is not … Continue reading
October 22, 2010
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This afternoon I got my amazing Lego WeDo sensors. I had a great time making Scratch move up and down as I tilted the tilt sensor. Then I made Scratch drum every time the distance sensor got within two inches … Continue reading
