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STEM Quest – Extended Learning Between Sessions
You have three opportunities for extended learning – Mural Quest, Rainbows, and Reading. Find more details for each of these below. 1. Mural Quest – Click HERE for Tucson Mural Quest map and guide. BEFORE YOU QUEST: Respond in your Quest Journal (composition notebook) to the “Before your mural quest” questions on the Ladder of…
Read MoreLimitless by Leah Tinari
Tinari’s list is comprised of trailblazers, whose vision, grit, and guts paved the way not only for the generations to come, but for Tinari’s own artistic journey. These women include Louisa May Alcott, Rachel Carson, Julia Child, Shirley Chisholm, Ellen Degeneres, Ray Eames, Eve Ensler, Carrie Fisher, Dian Fossey, Aretha Franklin, Betsey Johnson, Carol Kaye,…
Read MoreWhat If You Had Animal Eyes? by Sandar Markle (author) and Howard McWilliam (illustrator)
If you could have any animal’s eyes, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren’t yours? What If You Had Animal Eyes? — the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series — explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw a pair…
Read MoreViolet the Pilot by Steve Breen
By the time she’s two years old, Violet Van Winkle can engineer nearly any appliance in the house. And by eight she’s building elaborate flying machines from scratch–mind-boggling contraptions such as the Tubbubbler, the Bicycopter, and the Wing-a-ma-jig. The kids at school tease her, but they have no idea what she’s capable of. Maybe she…
Read MoreThe Bad Seed by Jory John (author) and Pete Oswald (illustrator)
He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be–happy? With Jory John’s charming…
Read MoreWile E. Coyote Experiments With Flight and Gravity by Mark Weakland (author) and Alan Brown (illustrator)
Wile E. Coyote will try anything to catch Road Runner. Watch as he tries out flying contraptions in the hopes of grabbing that crazy bird. Will gravity be on Wile E.’s side? Or will it simply drag him down? Learn the answers inside!
Read MoreThe Desert Is My Mother/El Desierto Es Mi Madre by Pat Mora (author) and Daniel Lechon (illustrator)
The first bilingual picture book published under the Pinata Books imprint in 1994, Pat Mora’s ode to the desert is finally available in paperback format. The Desert Is My Mother introduces the partnership of an award-winning poet and a prize-winning painter to create a beautiful poetic and artistic rendition of the relationship between people and…
Read MoreSTEMAZing Sábado
(Also available in English here.) Sábado STEM es un evento gratuito para estudiantes de PreK-12 que se lleva a cabo el último sábado del mes. Simplemente reúna los materiales enumerados para las exploraciones STEM de este mes y únase a nosotros en Zoom con otros estudiantes de todo el país y, a veces, más allá.…
Read MoreSTEMAZing Saturday
STEMAZing Saturday is a free event for PreK-12th grade students. Simply gather the materials listed for the STEM explorations and join us on Zoom or in person with other students from around the country and sometimes beyond. STEMAZing Saturday will start at 9:00 am Arizona time and end at 11:00 am Arizona time. (Teachers are…
Read MoreThe REAL Primary Colors – #SciencingAndEngineering with DaNel Hogan
Exploring the Science of Color Creation for Human Consumption #SciencingAndEngineering Lesson Resources Jump link to Teacher Talk (paragraph) Jump link to Project Plan Jump link to STEMAZing Kit Jump link to Teacher Slide Deck Teacher Talk Link Project Plan Coming soon! STEMAZing Kit – Materials and Resources List Embed pdf Teacher Slide Deck in Google…
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