Teaching in Practice

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 Students combine creative writing, art, and technology to design a jack o lantern character and bring it to life using augmented reality. This lesson highlights storytelling, digital literacy, and hands on STEM integration. 

 This lesson blends literature and science as students explore the life cycle of a pumpkin through the story Pumpkin Jack. Learners make predictions, observe real pumpkins decomposing in the classroom, and connect the story to hands-on life cycle diagrams and reflective writing. 

Pumpkin Jack Story & Life Cycle

 Students designed, tested, and redesigned spider-themed catapults while exploring energy transfer. They made predictions, measured launch distances, analyzed results, and improved their designs using the engineering process, all while learning fun facts about jumping spiders and how stored energy becomes motion.