California Science Center field trip

Forty-one students from STEM visited the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Apr 16, 2009. They took part in the CSI exhibit, as well as touring the rest of the museum. Even the teachers got onto the act!

Google Logo Winners

In STEM drawing classes, we worked on the Doodle 4 Google contest, in which we tried to make special Google logos around the idea, "What I Wish For The World". Out of 100 entries, 25 semi-finalists were chosen, voted on by all of the classes, and these 6 were picked as best. They will be entered in the contest and these 6 students will be eligible to win fabulous prizes!

STEM students using phones for Schoolwork?

Today I approached a student during group research time in my Biotechnology class. He and the student next to him where on their phones - and it looked like they were texting. I took his phone and was surprised to see that he was actually doing research. Not only that - the student next to him was doing research also. At that point - I got so excited that I took photos fo them using their phones in such a productive way. The computer cart upstairs only has 10 computers, and given that my Biotechnology classes are in the upwards of 40, that leaves about one computer for 4 students! These students made good use of technology in a resource limited environment. Now, it is not as easy to make sure that students are on task on their phones as opposed to the laptops - however, just by walking around, I felt that I could keep them accountable. Very cool experience for me overall as a teacher!

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Building Wings

Following the viewing of the documentary, The Flight of the Gossamer Condor, students in Mr Smith's Introduction to Engineering Design classes designed and built wings of their own. More photos can be found at Mr Smith's Picasa site. http://picasaweb.google.com/im8x10/Wing