Building. better grabber with biomimicry taking inspiration from the talon of a bird. Students built a reacher grabber in tinkercad

Building a better claw machine in tinkercad
using the jaws of a mole rat in our biomimicry unit.

I also think I finally understand motors

Repurposing ev3 parts has been a fun side quest...what would you do with something like this?

I wish more people would have informed me that raising a puppy is a full contact sport.

Teaching Middle School the week of Thanksgiving summarized in a picture.... The wheels have fallen off

With all the weird and terrible going on in the world. Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how amazing my massive Lego sorting project is going?

EVERYTIME we do Lego earthquake towers these two instigators show up.. yes this is my favorite running joke in my classroom

Anyone got a void I can scream into?

Happy first of ...

I'm not one for buying this to decorate a classroom...but I need this right?

Teacher hack for parents: save time this year and ship your child's lunch box directly to the lost and found

I love going to kid's museums and seeing the parents engaged with the kids in building.

I had so much fun putting together this presentation. I love presenting things I've been trying out, I spent a lot of time with @tinkercad this year and did some many cool things. One of my favorites was teaching chatgpt how to 3d print.

Totally check out @carlyandadam July 17-19

Another batch of wonderful biomimicry robots in the books. Such a great project! @tercstemed @tuftsceeo

Another year in the books, time for rest and reflection

And so ends the great @lego_education sort...72! Robotics kits broken down sorted and ready for their new homes!

It has been a journey creating a Lego education donation program...these blocks have plenty of life left in them.

The big ones are great, I miss the one I used to do school programs with..here it is

www.kiwico.com/us/store/dp/...

These are the worst Lego pieces ever

It is, I missed the big one I used to have. Kiwi co makes a table top one that's pretty awesome

When a colleague asks if you have any tools for cutting cardboard instead of x-acto knives and you present them with options...well you might be a stem teacher.

Who made the best Lego Chair? My students, @HLtinkercad, @MsSowaLi or chatgpt? Curious about this lesson? Check it out during my presentation: Tinkering around with Tinkercad. During the @carlyandadam stem teacher summit July 17-19. More info at www.stemteachersclub.com

Love when I'm working up against a deadline and fine a crazy rabbit hole to fall into.

Can we go back to a simpler time when students would just scream "yolo"

Yup you should totally check it out

Can you be a cat? Today's @tinkercad challenge: can you knock all of the water out of the cup and keep the cup on the table?

Hi my name is Erik. I'm a google certified educator and I just messed up 4 different ways in assigning a project in google classroom.

After yesterday's @tuftsceeo seminar with Bill Church I was inspired to play some golf in @tinkercad