Van ISD STEAM Bus @VanSTEAMBus

Our summer school Ss brought “Pete the Cat At the Beach” to life with a few activities! 🏄 conducted a buoyancy surf board experiment 🐚 made their own seashell necklaces 🍋 🖍️ mixed up refreshing lemonade & colored pictures of Pete the Cat #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEM #STEAMlearning

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VHS US History students boarded the STEAM bus for a 50 states review day including 💎 @gimkit game for matching capitols to states 🎯 Reviewing state facts with a game of darts to target the state 🤖 @Ozobot cross-country tour #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEAMeducation #publiced

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Pre-K took a prehistoric trip today with activities like: 🦕 coloring their dinos & bringing them to life @quivervision 🦖 mimicking dino characteristics to pick up items 🦕 creating dino fossil necklaces #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEM #STEAMeducation #STEMeducation #publiced

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Mineola ISD Biology Ss reviewed for their upcoming STAAR test! ⭐️ We collaborated to complete activities including: 🤖 coded @kaiseducation by answering ?s about biomolecules ✂️ built study materials to review DNA 🫀 color & VR circulatory system 🧬 Punnett squares with @gimkit

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1st grade Vandals shared their knowledge with our STEAM bus staff about 3D solids today! We challenged them with 3 activities including: 🎥 building 3D solids & creating a stop motion video  🖍️ coloring shapes & bringing them to life with VR 🔺playing a memory match game #STEAM

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K Ss had a lesson on living things! During this event, they: 🦓 Were quizzed on animals and their young through @gimkit 🐍 Explored reptiles through Merge cubes 🐠 Brought their own masterpieces to life through our NEW Aquarium Experience #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEM #publicschools

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Travelled to Athens ISD for 3rd-5th science activities included: 📱 studying vocab w/ @gimkit 🔊 experimenting w/ sound 💡 making light up name badges 🪞a reflection and refraction activity  🪄  Our CTE education pathway students were amazing with small groups!  #WeAreVan #STEAM

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STEAM activities with 4th grade working through the Alamo! 🔮 we engineered fortune tellers with Alamo info & famous Texans 👾 played a Gimkit review game 🤖 used TX symbols to guide our NEW Kai Bot along its track #STEAM + TX History = 👍🏼 #WeAreVan #STEM #ruralschools #publiced

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🚨 NEW TECH ALERT!🚨 We have another coding robot to add to our toolbox & that’s @kaiseducation! We used it to showcase our 4th graders knowledge on TX symbols to code the KaiBot from 1-5! #STEM #STEAM #STEMEducation #STEAMEducation #WeAreVan #publicschools #ruralschools

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A beautiful ☀️ day doing STEAM activities with our 5th grade science! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ Relay races with food chains 🖍️ 📱 VR coloring bringing food chains to life 🤖 Using Ozobots to show the flow of energy in a food chain #STEAM #STEM #ruralschools #ruraleducation #publicschools

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🚨 7th Graders & The Alamo! 🚨 Our Ss had an amazing time diving into history with a hands-on #STEAM event focused on the Alamo!  🌽 they made corn tortillas  🎮 Tested their knowledge with Gimkit ✂️ Crafted paper fortune tellers (Alamo-style!) #WeAreVan #STEM #publicschools

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2nd grade cartographers boarded the STEAM bus today to share their map-reading skills & knowledge! Ss participated by: 📍Molding playdough into TX & marking important cities 🤖 Coding INDI while navigating a neighborhood map 🖍️ Coloring their compass ❌ Navigating a treasure map

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We will be rolling into Austin for @TCEA in a couple weeks! Come see us at booth 2267 so we can share how our small, rural district shares #STEAM opportunities! Comment below if you plan to see us at #TCEA2025 ! #WeAreVan #EdTech #PublicSchools #STEMeducation #TCEA #STEM

Over the last 3 weeks we have been invited to 3 school districts: Fruitvale, Athens & Rains We provided them with STEAM exploratory days including 4-5 innovative activities and we had a BLAST making memories with them! #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #WeAreVan

Ss are learning about the human body systems in @Amplify , so we brought it to LIFE! Ss: 🩻 created Qtip skeletons 🧠 colored the brain & used VR to bring it to life 🔬 explored the human body through microscopes & VR @MergeVR #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #WeAreVan

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Our 1st gr Ss focused on pushes and pulls while: 🤖 driving Spheros to answer scenarios with a push or a pull 🚀 racing water rockets using pushes and pulls 🪢 team lifting a ball with only strings Teamwork makes the dream work! #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #wearevan

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Today, a hands-on lesson about Colonial America! 🇺🇸 Ss were tasked with: 🔮 folding Boston Tea Party fortune tellers 🤖 playing a 4 corners game with @SpheroEdu 🧈🥖 “churning” butter & taste testing colonial style biscuits #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #WeAreVan

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Our 5th graders used their science skills to experiment today! 📦✋🏼 using their hands to describe matter under boxes 🪞 showing us the difference between reflection & refraction 💧 making slime & debating its state of matter #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #WeAreVan

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Our 2nd grade competed in STEAM Olympics: ✂️ created laurel wreaths 🤖 raced chariots with @LEGO_Education & @SpheroEdu 🪪 completed passports 🖊️ used @3Doodler pens to create pottery These Ss knew ALL about the Olympics from their @Amplify unit! #steam #stemlearning #WeAreVan

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🐳🐙 Summer School STEAM Bus @ Van ISD 🐬🦀 Our K, 1 & 2 Ss enjoyed an ocean-themed STEAM lesson! 🖍️ AR coloring @quivervision & measuring clams 🤖 Coding @Sphero INDI with ocean animals in the @Promethean panel 🧱 Building ocean animals w/ @LEGO_Education #WeAreVan #STEAM

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