Year Two
Campus-Wide STEM Initiative
Building Timbers' STEM Culture, One Class at a Time!
Book Us!
We are now in Year 2 of our FLEX time initiative! We have built-in FLEX times in our weekly schedules where teachers can book us for hands-on learning experiences for their students. This can look like a planning session, modeling session, or a co-teach session. We would like to continue this project over the next few years to build a completely school-wide STEM culture, where teachers feel confident implementing ed-tech and projects in their daily classes!
Confident Teachers = Confident Kids!
Tornadoes
3rd grade students engineer a shelter for a pet that is tornado proof!
Earthquakes
3rd grade students engineer a DIY seismograph to measure earthquakes activity!
Strawberry DNA
3rd grade students used their STEM party to extract DNA from strawberries!
Leaf Man Chatterpix
Kindergarten students used ChatterPix to bring their Leaf Men to life!
Chromatography
SPEAK students learned about women in science and chromatography!
Robotics with BeeBot
Pre-K students were introduced to BeeBots while learning about community helpers!
Life Cycle of a Plant
Pre-K students learned about life cycles of plants with Ozobots!
Videogame Engineering
3rd grade students use MakeCode arcade to teach about the 17 Goals for Sustainability!
World's Fair Projects
3rd grade students work on their project for the Astronomy Hall of our World's Fair academic night!
Gamification
2nd grade students benefit from gamifying their learning through Blooket and Gimkit!
Confident Kids = Confident Me!
Finding My Voice
One of the most exciting things about ASPIRE besides the growth at my own campus has been my gains in confidence in respect to public speaking. I have never had a problem speaking in front of children, but speaking in front of adults has always made me nervous. Through ASPIRE, I have found my voice and have really thrived in public speaking during staff development opportunities. I have even branched out beyond Humble ISD to present at Region 4 and I currently have two proposals that have been approved for ETC Galveston 2023! ASPIRE has really inspired me to share all of the fun and exciting things that are happening at Timbers so I can hopefully in turn inspire other teachers to find ways to incorporate engineering and STEM into their classes!
Ready to Try FLEX?
Make it work for your campus!
Using Google Calendar, teachers have been able to book us through our website! Take a look at an area of need on your campus! What staff can be available to try FLEX times? How can FLEX make a difference for your students, teachers, and campus? With a little creativity and FLEX-ibility, any campus can find little ways to make big changes!
