2. Oak Grove Faculty Meeting
Alisa Downey and Tina Coffey
STEM Crazy Teachers

3. Engaging Students
• Roanoke County’s Push to tap into 21st Century Skills:
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity
• By Using
• STEM/ PBL
• Authentic Learning Experiences
• Technology

4. Books to Inspire STEM and PBL Projects

5. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
By Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

6. Examples (STEM Project)
• Big Bad Wolf Video

7. Examples (Pic Collage)

8. Snowmen All Year Long by Caralyn Buehner
by Caralyn Buehner

9. “At Home in the Cold” from Beyond Penguins and Polar
BearsExample: http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/

10. Provides leveled text, readers theaters, and take home
books.

11. Examples (Video)
Snowmen Design Video

12. Examples (STEM Project)

13. Examples (Pic Collage)

14. Examples (Videolicious)
• Videolicious Video
Example 1
Example 2

15. Blogging About STEM

16. Comments-Authentic Audience
From People Around the World
Tip: #Comments4Kids

17. Character Counts QR Codes to link to blog posts

18. That Book Woman by Heather
Henson
The Librarian of Basara by
Jeanette Winter

19. Examples (PBL Project and STEM Projects)
http://littlefreelibrary.org/

20. Example (Pic Collage)

21. PBL Project with Kentucky Blog Buddies
Tip: Check Out Jen Wagner Projects!

22. Snowman Skype
Tip: Find partners for similar projects on Skype in the classroom

23. Writing Books for Preschool

24. Teacher Blogging
• Kidblog
• Edublogs
• Wordpress

25. Don’t Forget the Digital Archive!

26. Don’t have time….

27. Green Screen
• VA Statues of Religious
Freedom Video

28. Chatterpix
• This app was also mentioned during the presentation. Here are a few
examples:

29. Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider
By Keith Brandt and Joanne
Mattern

30. Examples (Popplet and Videolicious)
Videolicious Video: