Katie Thurston https://t.co/dEboeIj9la via @YouTube

Thanks to the amazing Scouts who built it. Thanks to my hubs for transporting it. Thanks to @hsefoundation for supporting the project. Thanks to @HSESchools for allowing teachers to be innovative.

I am so excited! One phase of our Helping the Monarchs is complete. This will be used to raise butterflies in a safe environment. My students will get a special view as the habitat sits outside my classroom windows.

She finally got approved. Tonight we dropped the materials off so she can work on it. I am so excited to see the final product….eventually. Thank you again to @hsefoundation.

Progress can be slow. Last year our nature club got a grant for a Monarch habitat and waystation. We’ve been meeting with experts and doing a LOT of planning. We have a scout who is going to build the habitat as her Eagle Scout project.

Finished 2 days and 2 units to become an #AppleLearningCoach! Can’t wait to help others dive deeper with technology.

Kids were excited because they asked to take our picture when we bought the last copy of Dinosaur World. Can’t wait to try all the new games from GenCon.

Teachers everywhere, may I suggest a book you should do as a read aloud in your class. It shows what can happen after someone objects to one book. I loved this book the first time I read it and I feel it is very pertinent to our current times. Fight ignorance with knowledge.

3 weeks of hard work and the final projects are amazing. Check them out at the end of this video! Thank you again to @hsefoundation for supporting us! @birdbraintech love the tech! #RSISTEM #TeamThursty

Some of our 6th grade teachers are running a school newspaper. One of our kids wrote an article about our parade project. I love it so much! @hsefoundation #TeamThursty #ThurstyParade @birdbraintech @RSIHawks #RSISTEM

In the middle of the process. Kids have said how stressful the work is, but they are still having fun. Lots of problem solving every day! #TeamThursty @hsefoundation @birdbraintech @RSIHawks #RSISTEM

For the last two days we have been exploring our Hummingbird kits. The kids have watched videos, taken notes, and applied knowledge while troubleshooting. @hsefoundation #TeamThursty #ThurstyParade @birdbraintech

This week students have told me how much fun they’re having. It has lit such a fire in me. Today all of the groups moved on to the making phase. @hsefoundation #teamthursty #ThurstyParade @birdbraintech

First step of our projects is planning everything out. I love watching the groups working together. @hsefoundation #teamthursty #ThurstyParade

It’s Giving Tuesday! #HSEFunselfie @hsefoundation #supportpubliceducation

I’m so grateful the @hsefoundation helped to make this dream come true. This week we will begin crafting our floats. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this excited about a project! #teamthursty @birdbraintech

Then I watched season 2 episode 1 of LEGO Masters where they made moving floats. I wanted to do our project again…on a bigger scale. @hselibrarydude showed me the Hummingbird kits and I knew that’s what I wanted to do.

Teachers get ideas from anywhere. Last year someone shared the book “Balloons Over Broadway” with me. It inspired me to have my students make floats while we were all stuck at home for virtual learning.

The materials for our grant “Integrating Reading with Coding” were in my classroom when I walked in today! Next week we will actually begin working on our floats. @hsefoundation #happyteacher #teamthursty

I am beyond excited! Today Hamilton Southeastern Education Foundation stopped by my class to let us know we won our grant for “Integrating Reading with Coding! I cannot wait to share updates as we work on this project. @hsefoundation #happyteacher #teamthursty