Bring Moore STEAM: Recent Episodes
Robert Breyer
Discussing STEAM in public education, and more especially what it looks like across Moore County Schools.
Go For It! Try It! Not as Scary As It Seems! - Mariah Morris
This episode I have the pleasure to interview Mariah Morris, who is the 2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year, and teaches second grade at West Pine Elementary School here in Moore county. Mariah is excited about her opportunity to travel the state next year advocating on behalf of the wonderful teachers and students. Listeners can learn more about her journey as Teacher of the Year by following her on Twitter @morristeach1 and on Facebook at Mariah Morris.
Students need to learn how to be resilient, and learn to be problem solvers to be successful in the job market. Hear more about her insights inspired by SAS.
We talk about the importance of having DIFs (Digital Integration Facilitators) in our schools to help support teachers as they begin to explore STEM in their classrooms. STEM as an elective is great, but Mariah believes that she also needs to integrate it into her lessons. STEM is the vehicle that drives her students success in mastering the standards. We need to accept this new mindset of using STEM in our classrooms.
Goose Chase - https://www.goosechase.com/
Today we had the privilege to talk with members of our first state qualifying team for the First Lego League competition. Students talk about their experience and what they learned from it.
What is First Lego League? Learn more at http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
Ashley is a STEM teacher at Aberdeen Primary School and shares her unique perspective on teaching STEM to Pre-K to 2nd grade students.
Interview with Kim Collazo, STEAM teacher at Robbins Elementary school.
In this episode we learn about:
- How referring to kids as Engineers boosts confidence.
- Opportunities that STEM offers for our students.
- Why classroom management isn't an issue.
- Why STEM isn't a stand-alone class.
This episode we talk about: - What is STEAM? - How does STEAM differ from STEM? - What does STEAM look like in our schools? - What are Makerspaces, and how do they relate to STEAM?
Hosts information:
Rob Breyer, Principal of Cameron Elementary School rbreyer@ncmcs.org @rbreyer51
Dr. Angie Mullennix, Instructional Coach at Cameron Elementary School amullennix@ncmcs.org @DocAngMullennix