Programs I Have Taught

• MYP Design- Grades 6-8

  • Makerspace design

    • A mix of digital and physical designs

    • Low bandwidth school 

    • I started the program at the school with minimal materials. 

• ISTE Standards-based teaching and learning- Product design grade 6

  • Use of Stanford's design thinking model

  • Physical design with a focus on tool use in a woodworking maker space. 

  • High-tech design labs.

Units I have taught

• Bamboo Boats

• Rube Goldberg Machines

• Making playhouses for preschool through grade 2

• Scratch Coding

• Board Game Creation

• Bridge Design

• Pinewood Derby 

• Blog Creation

• Website Design

• Circuit Scribe

• Ozobots

• Digital Citizens

• Fabric Design Mini-Unit

• Teacher-Client Design

• Door Sign For Another Student

• Paper Rocket Design

• Cutting Boards

Design clubs I have led

• FIRST LEGO Robotics- MS

• VEX Robotics- HS & MS 

• Destination Imagination- ES & MS