Cryptology and Binary SystemsThe world of codes, ciphers and cryptology has dominated my thoughts and teaching these past few months between my Escape the Classroom...
Engineering a BreakoutI recently started running Escape the Classroom/BreakoutEDU games at the local Makerspace. I find with all my lessons and activities I...
Hidden coded messagesDid 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 0I 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 GameI 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 ClassroomA colleague, Jess Oltman (@techwithmso), and I presented last week at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference on our experiences...
Geology of AdventureI 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 ClassroomNovember 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 ClassroomI have become enthralled with Breakouts from BreakoutEDU and have so many ideas for creating some of my own. I love puzzles and the idea...