Blossoming STEM - Middle School STEM Teacher
blossomingstem.bsky.social
Blossoming STEM - Middle School STEM Teacher
@blossomingstem.bsky.social
*Teacher (K-12) | 15+ Years 🍎
*Container Gardener since 2015 🌿
* STEAM Department | 10+ Years ⚙️
*Avid Reader | From Fantasy to Memoire 📚
*3D Printer Hobbiest | 5+ Years 🚢
*Tech Education Certified | 5+ Years 🖲️

#EduSky #BookSky #STEAM #STEM
Love having a well-stocked prize bin! Few things are more motivating than a student fiddling with a well-earned fidget. #3D #EduSky #Fidget #Design
December 20, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Reminder to take the sick day & it will all be okay.

I've started phrasing student concerns as "this student needs support with ___" or "this student is great at ____." This time, it paid off! #EduSky #Substitute #Proud #SickDay
December 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Progress photo!
December 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Wellness day & I'm leading a 3D printing session. What do staff most want to print? Articulated dragons for their kids. #EduSky #3D #Dragons
December 17, 2024 at 9:04 PM
This book includes struggling readers, non-traditional pronouns, varied strengths, diverse faces, grandparents helping, superhero librarians, & empowered children. Also, my 4 year old and I happily sobbed at the end. #BookSky #EduSky #Read #Books

*From a book subscription Our Shelves 10/10
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Sometimes it's pajama day, and everyone needs a pick-me-up, so I'll pull out my eggplant onesie. #EduSky
December 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
To build the travel Vex Arena-w/no digital manual available:
1. Match the middle/top pieces (that say Vex Robotics) with the bottom pieces that have notches.

2. The checkered top pieces have numbers to line them up correctly. 1-12. The corners are 1, 4, 7, and 10.

#Vex #Robotics #EduSky #Arena
December 13, 2024 at 10:17 PM
We made up our own Vex Robotics game, for our local feeder schools, and finally set up the arena today. Such a fun day! 🥳 #Collaboration #EduSky #Vex #Robotics #STEM #STEAM #Competition #MiddleSchool

Bonus: Everyone was picked up on time! #Celebration
December 12, 2024 at 11:39 PM
I'm in a professional book club, and so far it's been great. For years I've been trying to pinpoint why groups are SO motivated or UNmotivated. This book gives practical input as to why, and how to help make sure a group is in the "successful" category. #BookSky #Read #Books #EduSky
December 12, 2024 at 6:27 PM
I can't decide if I'm more excited by the mess this will save me, or if I'm more excited to ask students if they want to empty the poop catcher. #MiddleSchool #EduSky #PoopCatcher #BambuLab #3DPrinting #HaHa

P.S. Reminder to # with CamelCase & add alt text to images, inclusivity matters. #Progress
December 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Teaching means that being sick requires plans for a substitute AND hoping the job is filled by someone kind to Ss. Thankfully, having @vex.com VR lessons have been a win. Today's plan was Castle Crasher+. Ss have been emailing me "winning" code all day. #vex #edusky #stem #steam #tech #teach
December 9, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Printing #fidgets for birthdays and my prize bin. Dinosaurs and axolotl are currently very popular.

To fix the blob of death, I just reheated and pulled off the excess/stuck filament with tweezers. #edusky #stem #prusa #middleschool
December 6, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This app feels like such an upgrade. Here's an image from Bambu Handy - yes, my printer's name is Yoda.

Bambu Handy is only for a mobile (annoyingly, it's able to be added to a MacBook, but it doesn't work).

Bambu Studio is for a computer, and works great so far!
#edtech #protip #growthmindset
December 6, 2024 at 4:29 AM