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DIY Mood Lamp with Creation Crate

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Get 10% off the price of your first box with this discount code -  DAVIDLEEEDTECH Creation Crate website: https://mycreationcrate.com/ Ardunio software download: https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software What to see what we in my STEM Class? Photos: http://instagrm.com/davidleeedtech Videos: https://www.youtube.com/davidleeedtechorg Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com

Testing Third-Party Components with Hummingbird Duo

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Tested out a third-party, servo, motor, and LEDs.

How to Use X-Acto Knife on Foam Board

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This video was made for a 4th grade project. Students needed to uses an X-acto knife and foam board to create an "Apple" device. Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Chuki - “WALK”: http://www.youtube.com/user/CHUKImusic

Designing a Breakout EDU Game

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Last fall, our 5th grade students designed a Breakout EDU game, a game that consists of keys, boxes, and/or mystery items.  The goal of the game is for the players to solve a series of challenges, riddles, and mysteries to “break out” of the room before time's up. How to build a Breakout EDU box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmlY_aGqe5E Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Kevin Macleod "Lobby Time" Becca Goess, STEM Design Specialist: https://www.instagram.com/missrgoess/ Erin Curtiss, 5th Grade Teacher: https://twitter.com/curtiss_erin

VLOG #1: Learning2 In Vietnam

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Here's a video that shows a glimpse of my experience at Learning2 2016 in Vietnam.  Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Chuki - “Nomad”: http://www.youtube.com/user/CHUKImusic

Minecraft in Education: Solution to Volcanic Eruption by 4th Grader

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Our 4th grade students had to create a solution that would reduce the impact of geohazards (earthquake, landslide, tsunami, and volcanic eruption). 

How to Create a Vector Icon with Google Drawings

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Music by Ryan Little ("Falling Down"): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/Before_Dawn_Instrumental_Album/01_Falling_Out_prod_by_R4C2010

Free Vector Icons: Download, Use, and Cite with Flaticon.com

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Music by Ryan Little ("Falling Down"): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/Before_Dawn_Instrumental_Album/01_Falling_Out_prod_by_R4C2010 www.flaticon.com

How to Build a Breakout EDU Box

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Students were provided with the following: 6 boards: 2 sides 13.6 by 13.6 cm; 2 sides 11.3  by 12 cm; 2 sides 13.6 by 12cm Keys and a lock  Hinge Safety hasp and staple Nails Screws Screwdriver Hammer Impact Drill Dremel with shaver and cutter 1.5 cm drill bit  Hot glue guns Special thanks to the following: Becca Goess: https://twitter.com/missrgoess Mike Bycraft: https://twitter.com/mabycraft Erin Curtiss: https://twitter.com/curtiss_erin Intro and Outro Music: "Falling Down" by Ryan Little  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/Before_Dawn_Instrumental_Album/01_Falling_Out_prod_by_R4C2010

Citing Images with Creative Commons

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Here is the actual URL: goo.gl/BXkffx

How to Build an Electric Circuit (Voice Recording Device)

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Intro Music: "Falling Down" by Ryan Little http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/Before_Dawn_Instrumental_Album/01_Falling_Out_prod_by_R4C2010 Music: "Road Trip" by Ryan Little http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/~/Road_Trip

Visit to Discovery Cube OC

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Some smart phone footage of my visit to the Discovery Cube OC this year. Hope you enjoy it! You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle

Google for Education Innovator Academy UNBOXING!

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Google for Education Innovator Academy: https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification_innovator My Google Academy Sketchnotes Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cty6R_tgQY4 My Google Academy Sketchnotes Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GltAvhwyE8 Google-Inspired Sneakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqzMc3CbrL8 You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Ryan Little “Voice on Your Shoulder”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle

STEM Greenhouse Challenge: PBL and Design Thinking

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Entry Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDjuUdY_Co Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl Elementary Expo: https://youtu.be/BWxIfE4ljhY STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Kevin Macleod "Your Call" www.incompetech.com

STEM Education Week with Design Thinking

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“Seven Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars” video by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Kevin Macleod "Fretless" www.incompetech.com

STEM Activities with Kindergarten (NGSS Forces & Interactions: Pushes & Pulls)

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NGSS K.Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls http://www.nextgenscience.org/topic-arrangement/kforces-and-interactions-pushes-and-pulls Next Generation Science Standards: https://www.nextgenscience.org STEM Pulley Challenge Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5eYyCdbUzE STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" www.incompetech.com Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Ryan Little “Finally Home”: https://soundcloud.com/iamr...

Renewable Resources for Energy: Project-Based Learning & Design Thinking Project

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STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z Pixar’s “Plussing” Method: http://www.thinklikeaninnovator.com/plussing-how-pixar-transforms-critiquing-into-creating/ Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Snap Circuit Jr. Kit: http://www.snapcircuits.net/ You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Ryan Little “Heartless”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle

Innovative Toy Inventors: PBL & Design Thinking Project

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Entry Event: IDEO, design and consulting company IDEO using design thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM IDEO Brainstorming Video: https://vimeo.com/8202867 Source: David Lawrence: https://vimeo.com/dlawrence http://www.propaganda.com/ IDEO Toy Lab website: http://www.ideotoylab.com/ Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl Elementary Expo: https://youtu.be/BWxIfE4ljhY STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music by Ryan Littl...

Google for Education Innovator Academy Sketchnotes

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Part 1 Part 2

Geological Survey: Project-Based Learning & Design Thinking in Action

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Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Minecraft Pocket Edition Seed Tutorial: http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-2347821/seeds-minecraft-pocket-edition.html Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Kevin Macleod "Vivacity" www.incompetech.com

Environmentally-Friendly School Challenge: PBL & Design Thinking Project

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Entry Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqoqrFqwbDU Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl Elementary Expo: https://youtu.be/BWxIfE4ljhY STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Kevin Macleod "Call to Adventure" www.incompetech.com

Elementary Expo: Project-Based Learning Student Showcase

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Elementary Expo site: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!elementary-expo/c1j8b Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music by Background Music by You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Ryan Little “Earth, Wind, Fire”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle

Eco Trade Show: PBL & Design Thinking Project

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5th Grade Lead, Erin Curtiss: https://twitter.com/curtiss_erin STEM Specialist, Elizabeth DiRenzo: https://twitter.com/iteachsteam Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl Elementary Expo: https://youtu.be/BWxIfE4ljhY STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Design Thinking in Elementary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqST2ggvA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXA7R-AYxh0 Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Ryan Little “Cipher”: https://soundcloud.c...

d.school Tour with David Kelley

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d.school: http://dschool.stanford.edu/ Maggie Powers: https://twitter.com/mpowers3 Ellen Deutscher:  https://twitter.com/lndeutsch The Teachers Guild: https://twitter.com/TeachersGuild Charles Shyrock: https://plus.google.com/+CharlesShryockIV?authuser=2 Jared Amalong: https://twitter.com/amalong Les McBeth: http://www.lesmcbeth.com/ Image of Maggie Powers by David Caleb from https://www.flickr.com/photos/learning2asia/21958955065/in/album-72157657164361213/ David Caleb: www.instagram.com/davecaleb You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Ryan Little “Slow Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle

Community Planning: Project Based Learning (PBL) in Action

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Intro to Project-Based Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Essential Elements of PBL: http://bie.org/about/what_pbl STEM Education Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCijW7ikeYQ Entry Event: The Wump World by Bill Peet https://www.amazon.com/Wump-World-Bill-Peet/dp/0395311292 Elementary Expo: https://youtu.be/BWxIfE4ljhY Applied Learning Program: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/#!applied-learning-program/cf4z You can find me at: Website: http://www.davidleeedtech.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Instagram: http://instagram.com/davidleeedtech Blog: http://davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Intro Music 1 by Kevin Macleod "Pamgaea" Intro Music 2 by Ryan Little “Falling Down”: https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle Background Music by Kevin Macleod "Montauk Point" www.incompetech.com