Written by Caitlyn Day and Rachel Davey Storyline  with links to curriculum and resources When middle school students step into the role of scientists, powerful learning happens. Two Californian teachers, Caitlyn Day and Rachel Davey, explain their experience teaching the Micro:bit unit that combined hands-on data collection, student voice, and local action. With tools like Microbits, partnerships with community organizations, and a call to action at the heart of the project,

Written by: Yenny T. Sanchez from Hoover High School in San Diego Unified School District Hey fellow teachers! I’m pretty excited to share a fun upgrade I made this year to the classic water rocket lab I’ve been running with my 10th graders at Hoover High School for a while during our forces unit. This time, I integrated Micro:bits with their built-in accelerometers to collect real-time acceleration data during the rocket launch and the students loved it.  Students downloadin

“Finally, a new data collection that ACTUALLY comes with lesson plans and how to videos!”  Written by: Hannah Nakamoto When I first approached the Micro:bits  booth at my summer climate change professional development , I was scared. I had been feeling “behind the times” for a while because I hadn’t been integrating any sort of coding in my classroom. I wanted to make the jump, but as an already overwhelmed and overstimulated teacher, I had reservations. Common internal dialo

by Hannah Nakamoto and Yenny Sanchez Sarmiento “I always knew that this was a thing but I never thought about why  before.”  -10th grade high school student at Kearny High This past summer we attended the Climate Champions Design Summit , an opportunity where local teachers could gather at the University of California, San Diego, and learn about ways in which we could include more environmental literacy into our teaching practice. We experience a high school chemistry unit

Written by: Kim Klinko and Katherine Gutierrez Edited by: Jenifer da Luz A blog post sharing the journey of a Lesson Sequence with Micro:bits Kim is a seventh and eighth grade science teacher in Lakeside, CA. Katherine teaches sixth grade dual immersion in Turlock, CA. As educators, we’re always asking: How can I make science meaningful, and connect it to the real world for my students? This question guided our integration of Micro:bit lessons into the existing Cooler Communi

The summaries in every "Notes from the field" share key insights from recent science education research-based publications and blog posts...

In the fall of 2024, two SDSP teacher leaders, Kim Klinko and Joyce Yang, set out to create curricular resources inspired by our TRC led...