The I Heart STEAM Teacher Podcast
Learn about my adventures in STEM/STEAM and Project-Based Learning when you listen to the I Heart STEAM Teacher Podcast. I will share the good, the bad, and the joyful with you on my mission with a team of educators creating the ultimate STEAM certified school! Anything and everything you will ever need to know about STEM/STEAM and project-based learning will be shared right here in the I Heart STEAM Teacher Podcast.Hey y'all! I'm Bonnie Kirkley anSTEAM Educational Coach and Consultant. I help Elementary Teachers and Administrators create classrooms that grow STEM or STEAM as a community culture, so that they can foster students who will become creative critical thinkers engaged in Project-Based Learning which allows for deeper insight and understanding to take place across ALL the core subjects. I believe that now more than ever our students need to develop their own creativity, critical thinking, collaboration with peers, and communication skills beyond their comfort zone.-We have all been taking for granted what our students ACTUALLY understand and know for a long time.
Episodes
46 episodes
STEM Children's Book for the New Year: Meet the Author, Matthias Kirschner
New Year... New STEM and STEAM resources on the way!On the first episode of 2023, Matthias Kirschner joins us all the way from Germany! Matthias is the President of the Free Software Foundation in Europe, and he's been on this journey s...
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37:08
Family STEAM With Lobee Learning
Family STEAM time is always fun. We love challenging each other and creating together, but this family STEAM is totally a new one for me!Meet Lobee Learning.. Mom, Tandy Moye and Son, John Mo...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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34:02
Holiday Survival Guide: STEAM Edition
How do we fit everything in during November and December?Staying on track with instructionHoliday activitiesBenchmark testingSTEAM?Use this episode to guide your classroom through the holidays...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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12:38
Project Based Learning Driving Questions for Students That Connect
Project-based learning, the beginning driving question, classroom essential questions, enduring understandings.. This list can be overwhelming! Today we break it down and make it right! If you do something in the classroom just for a le...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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29:38
Real World Projects for the Elementary Classroom
Real world projects for the classroom can be so overwhelming. Is it time to bring the ultimate hack for real world projects in the classroom?Yes! On today's episode, meet Jeff Lynch and Sungae Yang. Real teachers have finally desi...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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33:49
Words to Teach in Your Classroom This Year: The MOST Important One
Teach this word to your students this year without fail! Join me today and find out the most important word to teach, a plan for teaching it, and resources for your classroom!This isn't just a STEM word! It will help with every challeng...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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18:33
Survival Guide: STEAM Edition
Here it is... The STEAM Survival Guide of Resources!On this episode, I share the STEAMed UP Teacher Framework™️! Too good not to listen!Resources from the episode:
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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17:45
Journey Through the Mind: Let's Design
Grab something to write with and something to write on! We are going to get interactive! In this episode, I will share my favorite back to school project:
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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14:35
The Ugly Truth About STEM
Time to hear the truth about STEM. It's so hard to hear truth. As long as something isn't said out in the open, then it's not true. We have to face it. Things will never change if we don't.Come listen and hear 2 hard truths. One is actu...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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16:59
Summer STEM for Looking at the Skies with Slooh
Looking at the skies just got the kind of million dollar makeover we all dream of! Listeners of all types....teachers, parents, and ANYONE on this PLANET, get ready for the kind of space tech at your fingertips we thought was CLASSIFIED!!
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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40:29
Hands On Learning Projects: Yes Teachers, You CAN Build Those New Shelves You Need!
On today's show I have the perfect STEAM superhero for us ALL!We have Mike Schloff from the Maple Woodshop on the show, and he's going to tell us all about woodworking can come into your classroom. Yes, you and your students can build n...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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44:51
Pediatrician to STEM Teacher Resource Creator
Dr. Marci Klein is joining the show to share the MOST amazing tiny little STEM tools with us!After working in child development as a pediatrician for over 20 years, she transitioned into the STEM Education world inspired by none other t...
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35:35
Dear Education... You're Breaking My Heart
In every episode of the I Heart STEAM Teacher Podcast, I make it a point to provide useful and completely positive information.My heart has been heavy for a few years with the directions public education is moving into, but this yea...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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43:42
2022 Outdoor Classroom Makeover
The Outdoor Classroom is so much more than a garden! In this episode, find out how I have worked with school partners to revamp, remodel, and repurpose the Outdoor Classroom to fit so many more STEM needs! We are going to totally HACK the Outdo...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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24:17
STEM Gifts Obsession List: Curated Just for the TEACHER!
STEM gifts obsession list has arrived! I like to think of myself as an extreme curator. Without a doubt, one of my favorite things to do is share new ideas with other teachers, as well. These two characteristics go hand in hand so I have ...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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17:10
Project-Based Learning Classroom Management... THE BEST TIPS!
I get asked this question so often..... How do you manage all the chaos and moving parts during project-based learning and STEM?So today... I'm telling you exactly how I do it. I have NO trouble ever. It takes practice, but just ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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20:56
Why Early STEM Instruction is Vital for Brain Development and Creativity
How to develop creativity in the classroom should totally be part of your teacher growth and development list. Yes friends, the time has come to say it out loud. It’s not the easiest skill to work on with students at all. Especiall...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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39:19
STEM and Growth Mindset
This! What a great episode!Growth mindset is an absolute must for teaching students in any subject area, but for STEM or STEAM, they have to learn how to work through failure and stay positive! Don't we all!Come take a listen to...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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34:44
5 Questions YOU Need to Ask Before Starting STEM Projects
Back to school STEM or STE(A)M is a crucial time for all elementary teachers.Why? During the first weeks of school, THIS is when the foundations and fundamentals for a STE(A)M culture can be laid that will benefit all of the core ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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28:59
STEM, Escape Rooms and Cooking? How is this possible?
Yes... we are going to combine STEM, Escape Rooms, and Cooking!Meet the STEM Chef... Ashie Bhandiwad! Ashie, a BIOENGINEER, has focused her scientific know how and love for teaching scientific application to children into virtual escape...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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52:08
Meet STEM Children's Book Author.. Javier Garay.. The Block Guy!
This episode is a MUST listen to!Kindergarten - Third Grade EXCELLENT literature can be hard to find... but the Blocks Books... WoW!Meet STEM children's book author Javier Garay. Javier is super passionate about unleashing the n...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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46:21
Design with Design Cast Creator, Jason Reagin
This podcasting friend has been teaching for 23 years, and he is the ULTIMATE design teacher living internationally and delivering design instruction!It's time for a celebration! I invited Jason to be part of the summer celebration podc...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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22:23
Children's STEM Author: Micheal Anderson... Let's Celebrate!
This is the first summer celebration in STEM! As we wrap up the 1st season of the I Heart STEAM Teacher Podcast, I want us to focus on anything and everything we can celebrate!Introducing Children's Book Author.... Micheal Anderson! We ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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35:58
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning in the Classroom: Set It Up Series 4
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning in the K-5 classroom has changed my teacher life, and I’m pretty sure many other elementary teachers! This is part 4 in the Set It Up series!So, yeah… I remember when it first came across my desk I was hesitant...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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12:46
Design Thinking in the Classroom: Set it Up Series 3
Design Thinking in the classroom actually came to me later than the Engineering Design Process. I must say, I like it a lot! It’s like the cool older brother of the design processes. It doesn’t matter which one of these you use in the classroom...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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17:07