STEMulating ASES

Patty, Rachel, and Cindy talk with Amber Abell about using STEM in history.

Cindy talks about STEM in English in the Lower School.

Our Upper School English teacher, Mike Giordano, talks with us about fabrication.

Our STEM teachers discuss the All Saints design process. This week is our last one, Deliver.

Our STEM teachers discuss the All Saints design process. This week is Develop.

Our STEM teachers discuss the All Saints design process. This week is Design.

Our STEM teachers discuss the All Saints design process. The first is Discover.

Our STEM teachers talk more about what special projects are going on during the holidays.

Our STEM teachers talk about what special projects are going on during the holidays.

Patty, Rachel, and Cindy talk about how the middle and upper school at ASES tinker.

Cindy talks about how her littles tinker in the Oasis.

Patty, Rachel, and Cindy introduce this month's subject, Tinkering!

Rachel, Patty, and Nathan discuss AI, its role in the world so far, how we implement it in the classroom, and what it could turn to in the future.

Patty, Rachel, and Cindy talk about how they incorporate augmented reality in the classroom.

Continuing our discussions about XR, Nathan talks VR with the 8th grade STEM students.

This week we talk about what XR is and what it means to our school. We discuss augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.Apps discussed:PhotoCatchBellus 3D Face App

The beginning of the year always comes with new challenges in planning and improvising. We talk about how we want to tackle certain things and prepare for how they might turn out anyway.

Nathan reports on his challenges with the brand new virtual reality class as well as what his expectations were vs how things are turning out.

Listen to Rachel as she talks about what she's going to do for the 2021-2022 school year. She's added more classes and more opportunities for our students to impact the world.

Listen to Patty as she talks about what she's going to do for the 2021-2022 school year. She's added more classes and more opportunities for our students to impact the world.

We welcome our new STEM teacher, Nathan Hoffman, to his virtual reality class! We discuss his expectations and challenges for the first year of teaching and all of the amazing opportunities that are coming to All Saints through his class.Unreal EngineHistory ViewOculus Quest 2CodeHS

Cindy discusses her plans for the upcoming year in Early Learning and Lower School. Merging together her first year and the two corresponding COVID-interrupted years.

The 8th grade students got to explore deeper into the different fields that STEM has to offer. They got the opportunity to taste different STEM classes in the Upper (High) School and see what they might be interested in beyond Middle School. 

Sailcars & More is all about what is so joyful in the Upper School for Patty and her students. Listen as the joy pours out thinking back on the year and all the projects that came from it. 

Rachel's students took a pause on a very special day in May near and dear to her heart. Listen to her talk about what her students did and what she even got other teachers to do.Trinket.io A free resource for coding and watching it happen.

Cindy gives us a visual of what engineering looks like for grades 3K through Fourth Grade. Challenges are key. 

Patty takes us through the process of two upper school students building an arcade machine for other studnets to get to enjoy in a new lounge space for next year. Rachel talks about makey makey and a one class project for her fifth graders. https://makeymakey.com 

Today we take a peek into what the Middle School STEMZone and Early Learning/ Lower School Oasis come equipped with for the students to do their challeges with. After, we talk about an engineering challenge that the Middle Schooler's did for Holi (an Indian celebration of the beginning of spring). Canary Cardboard Cutter:https://www.canary-usa.com/dc-190f-1.html Canary Cardboard Scissors: https://www.amazon.com/CANARY-Cardboard-Scissors-Blue-PS-6500H/dp/B000EFZKRY/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/139-1635996-9235315?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000EFZKRY&pd_rd_r=df978cb6-01ed-4a16-94f4-c267903e5e57&pd_rd_w=hYFVa&pd_rd_wg=am08A&pf_rd_p=fd3ebcd0-c1a2-44cf-aba2-bbf4810b3732&pf_rd_r=GNCQ2WET3DYR7CKBZT3Q&psc=1&refRID=GNCQ2WET3DYR7CKBZT3Q Make Do: https://www.make.do/collections/new Electric Cardboard Cutter: https://www.worx.com/4v-cordless-zipsnip-wx081l.html

Patty and Rachel kick off engineering month with Amanda Adair.Also, check out Amanda's podcast, The Field Tripper!

Cindy takes us through fabrication projects in the lower school and early learning. First and third graders tell us about their favorite project, what happens when mistakes are made, and how important creativity is to them.

Emily Twomey and Sarah Jordan, one of our senior students, talk about fabricating with empathy in mind.

Today we welcome our Upper School english teacher, Mr. Giordano (or Mr. G for those in the know). We are always so excited to share our spaces with people outside of our class. Listen to how he hopes his yearly project will encourage students to write to their best abilities. 

All three STEM teachers discuss fabrication.

Patty and Rachel discuss using the Pi in student projects.

Cindy Culwell talks about her littles and how they are coding without knowing a language.

Rachel talks about her classes using augmented reality to teach about Black History Month.

Today we talk to our Upper School teacher, Julie Goode. She shares her passion for coding with us and we discuss how coding can impact each of our departments from Preschool - Seniors.

ASES STEM and MakerSpace teachers discuss what their positions are and what all they entail.