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February-March 2013

Leaping into STEM

The Leaphart Engineering Arts Program (LEAP) at Leaphart Elementary School in Columbia, SC, uses Everyday STEM, LEGO® sets, and Missions Science curriculum to open the door to hands-on exploration in every classroom. Articles in the February-March 2013 issue of The Pitsco Network:

• From the Editor: Matt Frankenbery
• Sometimes, we struggle to understand students (Dave the Science Guy)
• Researching new curriculum topics:
• Researching composite materials takes me to NC
• Researching Intelligent Homes and Mobile Apps
• Hochberg Preparatory School, Miami, FL:
• The Exploratorium
• "All good teachers are facilitators" (Administrators' Corner: Dr. Linda Marks)
• Leaphart Elementary School, Columbia, SC:
• A multipronged approach
• Decade delay in graduation was a good thing
• Partnership brings 3-D printing to Leaphart
• Teacher education focuses on collaboration
• Pitsco Algebra raises hopes at Anson High School
• SySTEM Alert! (free student STEM insert)
• Robot roundup
• Clothes that soak up solar power
• The flow of things
• Deep secrets of earthquakes
• EV3 Platform: the next generation LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education
• The Social Network:
• The election's effect on education
• Please turn your cell phones ON!
• Improving teacher quality state grants (Funding Opportunities)
• Launch and learn with empty plastic bottles (AquaPort II, Product Highlights)
• Pitsco expects "big" things from newest R&D team member
• Missions in Synergy? Yes, and it saves time (Missions Customer Service)
• Hydraulic kits, air-powered racers take lead in 2013 Big Book catalog
• Whole-class Module delivery has arrived
• Santa Ana (CA) USD takes nontraditional, blended approach to algebra
• How Synergy works with different versions of a single Module (Modules Customer Service)
• TETRIX® Builders Guide creates new classroom paradigm
• StoryStarter enables elementary students to build their own stories