Brittney Tarr
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Brittney Tarr
@adventuresmstarr.bsky.social
Prek-4 STEM specialist @ IL State Lab Schools | Research areas include ECE STEM, STEM identity, & play-based learning! I also support ECE and elementary STEM teachers and am available for speaking and consultant work
📷: IG @adventures_with_mstarr
On the list of things that make me happy today- so excited that these #kiborobot lessons for grades 3-5 are finally going to be accessible to teachers. Was thrilled to help review several of the lessons and get a sneak peak at all the awesome! #EduSky
April 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
16 Days into 2025 and I’m blown away to have already gotten 6 opportunities to spread the #EarlyChildhood #PlayBasedLearning #STEMEd love. I don’t love attention, but I’m passionate enough about changing the landscape of #ECE that I’ll keep putting myself out there as often as people will let me! ❤️
January 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Had a blast yesterday at the @legoeducation.bsky.social booth, creating, sharing, and dreaming with other educators! Honored to have been part of the LEGO Ambassador panel on student engagement yesterday! If you haven’t check them out #FETC2025 go get free LEGO, coffee, and a little build time in!
January 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Starting the day off strong convincing my school team to do the @stjude.bsky.social EPIC Challenge with me! Loved the session by #JedDearybury. Just wish he had a larger room and more time! #FETC2025
January 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#FETC day 1 was filled with 5 hours of hands-on fun and creation! As excited as I was to share with all my teacher friends, I’m even more excited to take my presenter hat off today and learn! #EduSky
January 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In PreK, our librarian taught about various festivals of light, Ss made diyas or votives out of clay with our art teacher, and today we made electric “candles” with #SquishyCircuits. Tomorrow we will all have a “candlelit” story time together back in the library. #EduSky #STEAMReads #IntegratedSTEM
December 18, 2024 at 4:13 AM
3rd grade “identity” mural is coming along! Next step: teaching Ss how to make silhouettes and use a vinyl cutter ❤️ #EduSky #STEAM #MakerEd
December 17, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Hey #EduSky Excited to be joining @carlyandadam.bsky.social for the STEM Teacher Summit on Jan 4th! Curious? Comment below or check out Carly & Adam’s website!

#stemteachersummit
December 7, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Some days when I’ve got time to kill between teaching and doc program, I like to grab students from after school and test out lesson ideas. Today I had a particularly enjoyable time getting to know my coworker’s daughter better while we explored cardboard construction ❤️
December 6, 2024 at 4:33 AM
After about 12 weeks of hard work in 3rd grade makerspace- our video games & game controllers were finally ready! Obviously we celebrated by having an arcade day! #EduSky #MakerEd #Scratch #MakeyMakey
December 2, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Exciting news! I’m featured in the latest issue of STEM Connect magazine!

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December 2, 2024 at 2:40 AM
The joy of teaching STEM is getting to watch engineers find their own magic ❤️
#EduSky #MakerEd
November 25, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Hello #EduSky Friends! Is anyone else attending #FETC25 in January? I'm beyond excited to have the opportunity this year to speak on two of my favorite topics: 1) Creative Computer Science & 2) Electrical Engineering. Can't wait to return to one of my favorite conferences of the year!
November 23, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Hands down my favorite class to teach is PreK makerspace! My littlest engineers are learning about electricity this month and using #SquishyCircuits to make different creations out of play doh and LED lights ⚡️💡❤️
#EduSky #MakerEd #ECESTEM
November 21, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Between Art and Makerspace, our 1st grade artists and engineers have been studying circuitry and clay… this week they’ll light up their creations 🥳

We were originally going to upcycle old Xmas lights, but the lights keep blowing out so if anyone has advice LMK!

#EduSky #MakerEd #ElementarySTEAM
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Harry Potter inspired CS project! This 2nd grader wanted to find a way for his LEGO Harry Potter to make “real” magic. And you know what they say “magic is just science.” Or in this case, computer science! #EduSky #MakerEd #CSforAll
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
S1: Wait, wait… isn’t water conductive?
S2: Yeah, but wouldn’t we get electrocuted if we use water?
S1: Oh… Ms. Tarr!!! Are we allowed to try water? Is it safe?

They may not be the first engineers to ever think of this trick with the #MakeyMakey, but I was still impressed

#makered #elemntary
November 18, 2024 at 11:45 PM