We are very happy to announce the #VanISD #STEAMBus! Thanks to a continued relationship with @ChevronHouston, we will be able to bring #STEAM activities and #AR & #VR opportunities to all of our campuses as well as other #Rural school districts in our area!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

🚨 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

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

🚨 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

🐳🐙 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