The Castle Hills grant for the STEAM Lab is in full swing. With the Sphero Bots and iPads that they code with, students are gaining programming skills, engineering, and problem-solving. K-5 Steam teacher, Hannah Norman describes the engineering process, “We ask, what...
When Rosa Toma upgraded Wetmore’s STEAM Lab with items purchased through the NEEF Grant, she noticed a significant increase in collaboration, inventiveness, and creativity among her students. Not only can they program Dash Robots and work on STEAM projects using...
Even a small donation can make a big impact! The Bradley Chess Club used to be limited to only accommodating three chess games, which meant that only a few students could participate. However, thanks to a $300 NEEF grant, they have expanded to now allow up to 36...
At the beginning of the school year, NEEF gave away $259K in grants to NEISD teachers for innovative educational projects. There were so many to write about, so we listed a few here. Among the recipients were librarians April Gastinger, Christina Reyna, and Stephanie...
Woodstone Elementary School’s 5th-grade math teacher, Nancy Salinas, bought 30 TI-Nspire Graphing Calculators and TI-Innovator Rovers with a $12,605 NEEF grant. Using the calculators, students enter code to automate the robot to draw a two-dimensional shape on paper....
https://youtu.be/GcDLMkhEg-4 Woodstone Elementary has a special room called The Imagination Station, which a NEEF Grant funded. Students are encouraged to explore, play, and find their passions in the room, filled with opportunities for learning and creativity....
