STEM Everyday

Tim Cavey is an 8th-grade educator teaching in Surrey, BC, Canada now in his 18th year of education. As host of the Teachers on Fire podcast, he chats with inspiring educators to bring you their highs and lows, passions and goals, and the voices and influences that are shaping their thinking and inspiring their practice. As educators, he believes we should be leading the charge on content creation...

As a young kid growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Pat Person (AKA Mista Pat) was fascinated with science and technology. As an adult, he was inspired by his 4-year-old son, Logan, to co-found a company called Kids That Code, Inc. in San Bernardino, California that teaches young children computer programming and other STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) related subjects. He r...

Simple, yet sophisticated, data makes the invisible visible, and documents what lies on our streets, playgrounds, and beaches. It illustrates the problem, uncovers patterns, initiates discussion, and informs solutions. Empowering people to clean the planet. And it all started with a simple walk. In this episode, Jeff shares stories of Litterati and how it is changing not only the way we can clean...

Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, Alison now lives in Farnham with her British husband and 3 young children.  She works as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and has over 10 years of experience helping children with special needs reach their potential. Her book The Spacesuit tells the untold story behind the making of the spacesuits for the astronauts that walked on the moon! Find out more: Fin...

Erin Riley got her start teaching by working as an artist-in-residence in New York City public schools. This early experience of partnering with teachers to develop arts-centered integrated curricular projects created the foundation for her STEAM work. Currently, Erin is the Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Jackson Director of the Engineering and Design Lab at Greenwich Academy, where she teaches classes an...

Leslie Edmonds is a teacher for visually impaired students with the Sonoma County Office of Education. In April of 2018, she was named the Sonoma County Teacher of the month. She received numerous nominations describing her as an outstanding teacher and dedicated advocate for the students with visual impairments. Connect with Leslie Twitter Vision Tech Services Website Chris Woods is the host of t...

Hubby/dad, Teacher Success Manager for @ BookCreatorApp , Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2015, Speaker, Auto Detailer, and Scratch Golfer Jon Smith is our guest on this episode of the STEM Everyday podcast. Jon shares what clicked for him in college to follow the path he is on and why special education. Connect with Jon: Twitter Book Creator website Chris Woods is the host of the STEM Every...

Maya has had a diverse career that’s been entirely focused on her passion for promoting STEM education and helping children succeed. Before joining the Society, she founded The Global Fund for Children (GFC), a nonprofit whose mission is to help grassroots organizations scale and deepen their impact to reach more children in need. Maya has also written and published nearly 20 children’s books, ser...

On this episode, Chris catches up with Jacie Maslyk from episode 104 of the podcast. A successful school leader and author, she was recognized as a National Distinguished Principal finalist in Pennsylvania in 2013 and 2014. Recently, Dr. Maslyk has been named the Assistant Superintendent of the Hopewell Area School District. Connect with Jacie: Steam-Makers website Twitter Chris Woods is the host...

Chris Perkins is a STEM teacher in Adelaide, South Australia where STEM Education is relatively new. He teaches students from foundation to year 7. Connect with Chris: Facebook Chris Woods is the host of the STEM Everyday Podcast... Find out more: dailystem.com twitter instagram youtube Support the show

Mike Ransford is a K - 5 STEAM teacher in Holland, Ohio. His path to taking up education as a profession is an interesting story. His passion for projects in education, bring them on in any class. Connect with Mike:  Twitter Chris Woods is the host of the STEM Everyday Podcast... Find out more: dailystem.com twitter instagram youtube Support the show

Alan grew up in Fort Worth Texas, and started taking Science Classes at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History when he was three years old.  He took classes there until the age of fourteen when the museum hired him to work as an assistant teacher! Alan worked there for 15 years learning how to hunt bugs, catch lizards, feed snakes, make liquid nitrogen ice cream, lick dinosaur bones, and dis...

Eric Iversen has worked in learning for over 25 years. At the American Society for Engineering Education, he started the ASEE Engineering K-12 Center, an effort to catalyze engineering learning in K-12 classrooms. Featuring a website, a guidebook for high school students, annual workshops for K-12 teachers, and partnerships with diverse organizations, the Center earned over $1 million in the five...

The STEM Network’s purpose is to connect science, technology, engineering, and math educators to discuss, explore and share best practices and research in STEM teaching and student learning through the use of technology. On this episode, Chris chats with ISTE's STEM Network leaders Julianne Ross-Kleinman, Jessica Shupik, and Charles Randolph. Connect with our guests Juli's Twitter Jessic...

Jenny Mitchell is an ELA teacher at Hull Prairie Intermediate in Perrysburg, Ohio. She took a non-traditional route into education starting out as a speech pathologist and through that, she found out teaching people was what she loved the most. Even though Jenny is an ELA teacher you can find a lot of STEM in the way she teaches. Connect with Jenny  Twitter Resources Jenny mentioned http://edu.blo...

Imagine a dynamic construction set that lets you build mazes, games, race tracks, with ramps, gates, hoops and more for your classroom robots!   Kinazium is hands on fun for building environments letting you gamify your robots and rolling toys! Programable sensors are included for timing, points, and more.  Kinazium unleashes the potential of robots by giving kids the tools to design mazes, games...

Welcome to part 2 of Chris's chat with Bill Van Loo. In part 2 Chris and Bill gets into some simple things like cardboard. Ease, simple, fun, cardboard. The importance of community. And some influencers for Bill's. It is not uncommon to find Bill working in a variety of media including wood, electronics, code, and digital fabrication as a maker. When he is not doing that he writes, produ...

It is not uncommon to find Bill working in a variety of media including wood, electronics, code, and digital fabrication as a maker. When he is not doing that he writes, produces, and records his own music and that of others plus a freelance photographer, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. By profession, Bill is a technology, engineering, and design educator. He is passionate about empowering kids. Cur...

Chris catches up with a past guest of the show Tori Cameron from episode #89. After several years of focusing on teaching math and science as a classroom teacher, she transitioned into the role of specialist teacher for a new STEAM lab. Tori has presented about various STEAM teaching practices at several conferences including Education Closet's Arts Integration and STEAM Conference and MassCU...

Laurie has been working in technology and education for almost 30 years. She holds a Masters Degree from Cleveland State University in Curriculum and Foundations with a focus on Technology Education, and a Bachelors in Business from The Ohio State University. Currently, Laurie is a student in the Penn Graduate School of Education, Applied Computational Thinking Program. Connect with Laurie: twitte...

Jennifer Lee Quattrucci is an Early Childhood and Elementary School educator who has 23 years experience teaching at risk, Title 1 communities in the inner city of Providence, RI. As a national DonorsChoose ambassador, she connects teachers in high need areas with donors who want to help. Connect with Jennifer twitter.com/jenquattrucci mommyteacherfashionista.com/ Jennifer's Book https://t.co...

Andrew Kauffman is a lifelong learner who enjoys thinking about creating a culture of thinking and creation in all who he works with.  How do we approach any level of learner and help them to develop a passion for curiosity?  That’s what he strives for.  He teaches in an elementary school working on building curiosity and creativity.  Currently, he is a Project Lead the Way teacher/coach to help o...

Alice Aspinall is a passionate high school mathematics teacher in Windsor, Ontario. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors. Alice is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people’s confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying. Her innovative...

Angela Abend is a 30 year veteran of the Oceanside School District in New York. She began her teaching career with sixth grade and a focus on social studies; she is now the district’s gifted/enrichment teacher for its PROJECT EXTRA program on the elementary level. A leader in the maker movement and considered "a top authority in gifted education" by Agilence, Angela’s PROJECT EXTRA stude...

Mandi Figlioli is an Instructional Designer, K-12 Administrator, MakerED Advocate, and Author of Miss Makey and the Magic Bin.   In 2014, She was introduced to the maker movement by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.  Making revived her childhood imagination and sparked a desire to create.  Miss Makey and the Magic Bin evolved out of sharing my passion with others, hoping to inspire them to embr...