STEPHANIE ERICKSON

M.S. Educational Technology

former geologist. blogger. freelance writer, researcher. educator. high school science teacher. technology integration specialist, science nerd. #sciencerebel

MUSINGS ON STEM, EDUCATION AND BEYOND

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Cryptology and Binary Systems

The world of codes, ciphers and cryptology has dominated my thoughts and teaching these past few months between my Escape the Classroom...

Engineering a Breakout

I recently started running Escape the Classroom/BreakoutEDU games at the local Makerspace. I find with all my lessons and activities I...

Hidden coded messages

Did you know, the floor of Boelter Hall at UCLA has a coded message in binary code? I started looking for ways that binary code was used...

01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 0

I recently covered an Engineering Technology class and was asked to teach them my lesson on Binary Code to a group of 5th graders. I love...

Girl Scout Breakout Game

I am always looking for means and methods of merging my two sides, the engineer and the Girl Scout. One isn't mutually exclusive of the...

ArcGIS in the Classroom

A colleague, Jess Oltman (@techwithmso), and I presented last week at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference on our experiences...

Geology of Adventure

I recently began working on some lesson plans specific to New Hampshire Geology. I came across this great lesson plan created by Plymouth...

LEDs + Dough = Squishy Circuits!

I have been searching for good engineering projects for the elementary ages that I can add to my Makerspace classes. I came across...

GIS in the Classroom

November 15th is National GIS day. It seems like there is a day for everything these days, but this is one of those days I can get behind...

Escape the Classroom

I have become enthralled with Breakouts from BreakoutEDU and have so many ideas for creating some of my own. I love puzzles and the idea...

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