Date: October 14

Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm

Location: Clackamas Education Service District (Sunnyside)

Audience: K-5 Clackamas County Teachers

Cost: Free

Unlock Free STEAM Tools for Your K-5 Classroom! Transform and integrate your lessons without spending a dime of your classroom budget. Join us for a full day of hands-on exploration with the Clackamas ESD STEAM Lending Library.

From coding with BeeBots, Sphero BOLT, and Sphero indi cars, to inventing with Makey Makey, building with Makedo and ChompSaws, and diving deep with microscopes—you’ll get direct experience with the high-impact tools available to your school for free. ** Lunch included!

⭐Limited sub reimbursement available. First come first serve.⭐

Date: October 20

Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Location: Clackamas Education Service District (Sunnyside)

Audience: K-12 Clackamas County teachers
Subject: Integrated

Take rapid prototyping to the next level by combining low-tech structural engineering with high-tech interactive computing! In this hands-on "Make & Take" workshop, K–12 educators will explore how to integrate Chompsaws, Makedo cardboard construction systems, and Makey Makey invention kits into a unified design-and-engineering ecosystem.

Did you know the CESD STEAM Lending Library serves all 10 school districts in Clackamas County? Our collection is curated to foster curiosity and creativity without the burden of cost.

• Robotics: Bee-Bots, Sphero BOLT, and indi Cars.

• Engineering: LEGO Spike, MakeyMakey, and Kinazium

• Science: Microscopes and Databots for real-world inquiry.

• Math: Math Night Kits- Ready to go!

It’s easier than ever to bring these resources to your students:

1. Browse: Visit our [MyTurn lending platform] to see what's available.

2. Reserve: Pick your dates and kit.

3. Delivery: Use the CESD Courier for free delivery and pickup right at your school.

👉 Sign up for a CESD STEAM Lending Library account.

🧭 Explore the library inventory HERE (New items continue to be added!)

📗 CESD STEAM Resource Hub - Curriculum support, lessons, videos, and more!

Secondary STEAM in Action: Hands on Exploration & Lesson Design | Jan 14
 

• Micro:bits
• Databots
• Retro Arcade
• Tello Drones
• Lego Spike Prime (w/ NASA lessons!)

An exit ticket is a classic teaching tactic: before students leave the classroom, they reflect on what they learned, what they understand, or what questions they still have. They quickly write their responses on a sticky note or card and then turn them in on the way out. If you're lucky, you have time for a quick look at the notes and then...recycled them all? What if you and your students could have fun with the collected data?

Makey Makey can turn that otherwise mundane exercise into an activity students look forward to, and as their teacher, you can use it to improve your practice.

In the Makey Your Own Exit Ticket, Data Tracker, or Voting Machine project, students interact with Makey Makey inputs connected to a Scratch project. Each switch can represent a different response, such as:

• "I totally get it!"

• "I think I'm good."

• "I still have questions."

• "I need more practice."

The responses can then be counted and displayed as an information graphic. The original project was designed to help teachers collect informal feedback about student understanding and to track other kinds of classroom data.

How could we hack this into an exit ticket?

Think beyond academic reflection. You could create an interactive check-in for students such as:

How did today's group work go?

🟢 We worked really well together
🟡 We needed a few reminders
🔴 We need to try a different strategy

Or:

How ready are you for independent work?

🟢 I'm ready
🟡 I have a question
🔴 I need help getting started

Over time, students learn that reflection isn't something that happens only to appease the teacher. It's part of how your classroom works. Because the data is collected digitally, you can use the responses to notice patterns and decide when your lesson needs a revision. Explore the Exit Ticket project now!

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