Target 1. Student-Centered Learning – FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step – Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. It has been hot. It has been rainy. And it is summer! However, GEMS students have been enjoying themselves at summer STEM Camp like … Continue reading Summer STEM Learning at GEMS
FES Students Discover the Wind!
Target 1. Student-Centered Learning - Students will engage in innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry and creativity for students. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. Have you ever wondered how the wind works? Or where it even comes from? Most likely you … Continue reading FES Students Discover the Wind!
BFA Science Teacher Tom Lane Returns from the Tundra
Target 2. Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment - FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources. High School Science Teacher Tom … Continue reading BFA Science Teacher Tom Lane Returns from the Tundra
FWSU Joins the Geocaching World
Target 3. Flexible Learning Environments - FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step - Develop opportunities for students to collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize in all learning settings. Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the … Continue reading FWSU Joins the Geocaching World
BFA Educator Presents Webinar – Live From the Tundra
Target 2 – Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment: FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources. BFA Teacher Tom Lane, currently on leave studying the … Continue reading BFA Educator Presents Webinar – Live From the Tundra
Thank you Lowe’s for Supporting STEM Education at GEMS!
The Lowe's store in South Burlington stands by its slogan, “Let’s Build Something Together”. When STEM Coach JoAnn Harvey recently asked for their help to “build” the STEM program at GEMS, Lowe’s generously donated over $300 in supplies. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is a new emphasis at GEMS this year. Students in Grades 2-4 have not … Continue reading Thank you Lowe’s for Supporting STEM Education at GEMS!
GEMS Third Graders Create Designs to Catch the Wind
Target 1: Student Centered Learning - FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem-solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem-solving and creativity for students and staff. Students in Ms. Garrett's third grade class were recently given a design challenge to … Continue reading GEMS Third Graders Create Designs to Catch the Wind
Adding STEAM to Georgia Middle School Math Instruction
Target 3. Flexible Learning Environments – FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step - Develop opportunities for students to collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize in all learning settings. Students in Mr. Hardy’s 7th … Continue reading Adding STEAM to Georgia Middle School Math Instruction
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