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  • 5 BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE STEM CLASSROOM (OR ANY CLASSROOM FOR THAT MATTER) by Jewel’s School Gems | No matter if you have an observation coming up, a particularly troublesome student, a challenging class or just want to improve your classroom management skills, these five positive behavior management ideas, strategies, and resources for elementary kids will be sure to help you have the best year ever! #stem
  • SEASONAL Unplugged Coding Activities BUNDLE (Fall/Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer) by Jewel’s School Gems | Looking for seasonal unplugged coding activities for kids from kindergarten to 2nd grade? This product bundle of FOUR unplugged coding activities contains printables that will develop necessary skills in programming or coding, such as problem solving and critical thinking, as well as collaboration and communication skills. Click to see them on TpT.
  • Back to School STEM Activities and Challenges for Kids in the Elementary Classroom by Jewel’s School Gems | Start your first day or week of school right with these fun Back to School STEM engineering design challenges. Challenge your students to design and build a School Bus, a Backpack, and a Schoolhouse with peers. Children will also develop their problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills with these tasks. #backtoschoolstemactivities
  • This monthly set contains 12 STEM Choice Boards that will be really useful in in a classroom or library Makerspace. Each STEM Choice Board represents a month and comes with nine choices for a build (with the middle one being a FREE CHOICE). You can use these STEM Choice Boards for morning work, group work, homework, early finisher activity, extension/enrichment work, and so much MORE. This resource can surely make STEM activities for kids in the classroom more fun. #stemchoiceboards
  • WHAT IS STEM? The Best STEM Explanations from 8 Pioneering Professionals by Jewel's School Gems | This is a blog post about what STEM is. It’s about what it means to STEM educators who have dedicated much of their time in designing and creating meaningful resources, such as fun STEM activities for kids in the elementary classroom. It’s about answering this question: What is STEM? So teachers who are new to STEM or are clueless about it will gain a better understanding. #whatisstem
  • 5 STEM MYTHS EVERYBODY REALLY SHOULD IGNORE AND WHY by Jewel's School Gems | t’s such a shame that so many educators are missing out on how wonderful STEM/STEAM is for engaging learners of all ages because of numerous STEM myths that have been around for some time now. To hopefully encourage and empower you to try (or continue) STEM in your classroom, here are 5 of numerous STEM myths that I would like to help clear up for you. #stem
  • Bible Stories STEM Challenge and Activity (Jonah and the Whale Activities) | Have you ever wondered if STEM and Bible stories can be combined? Well, the answer is YES. Try my Jonah and the Fish STEM Challenge and see how fun and engaging the study of Bible stories can be when combined with STEM! Click HERE! #biblestoriesstem #religiouseducation #jonahandthefish
  • Team Building Back to School STEM Activity from the Beginning of the Year STEM Bundle by Jewel’s School Gems. This fun Apple Tower Team Building STEM Challenge is perfect for the first day or week of back to school! Challenge your students to design and build a free-standing apple tower out of apples and straws. Elementary children will not only design and build, but also develop and improve teamwork in the classroom. #backtoschoolstemactivities #teambuildingstemactivities
  • Back to School STEM Activities for Kids by Jewel’s School Gems. This fun Backpack STEM Challenge is perfect for the first day or week of back to school! Challenge your students to design and build a backpack out of recyclable materials. Elementary children will also develop their creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills in the classroom with this STEM project. #backtoschoolstemactivities
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Great idea 👍🏼

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Awww. I cried too after dropping off my daughter on her first day 😢😘😄

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Great move, LEGO 👍🏼

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Must have been a really busy day 😄Out of all the Back To School pictures we received here at Barrhead News HQ, this has got to be our favourite. 😂

Jillian's daughter, Lucie, who started her first day back to P2, clearly had a more eventful day than all of us on Monday! 😎

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