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From five-minute sketches to frightful creatures

Godfrey-Lee Alexis Stark
Godfrey-Lee art teacher Rosanne Steffens’ third-graders drew five-minute monster sketches; her high school Advanced Drawing students then reimagined them into terrifying monsters...

It’s all hands-on in chemistry

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
The approach is in its second year as a national pilot...

Educators Rising empowers future teachers

Wyoming Alexis Stark
The new class is part of a national effort that aims to draw high-school students to the profession...

Making art a COVID lifesaver

East Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
A talented middle-school student finds relief from pandemic stress in his artwork...

Intro to printmaking a hit with fourth-graders

Northview Morgan Jarema
The annual lesson is part of a unit focused on contour lines, and builds on skills introduced and practiced in earlier grades...

Employers, meet your future workforce

Wyoming Erin Albanese
About 120 students learned of the many jobs out there from representatives of nearly 30 different professions...

A safe landing for Santa’s helpers

Byron Center Erin Albanese
Materials for the project came from a Discovering STEM kit, donated by Grand Valley State University. The recently discontinued program was run by the GVSU’s Regional Math and Science Center...

Powered by hydraulics

Kenowa Hills Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
“I see now what it takes to be an engineer. The amount of ideas you have to come up with is crazy,” said one eighth-grader...

Making waves in the new school

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan
Science lessons move from cart to classroom, and the results are engaging...
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A visit from angels

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
A trio of serene angels, a twinkling Star of Bethlehem and a clear midnight sky provide a holiday scene for seniors to enjoy...
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Waving the green flag of learning

Grandville Beth Heinen Bell
In this STEM classroom, racing handmade wooden dragsters is a highlight of the fall, but a lot of work goes into getting the cars race-ready...

No robotics team? No problem

Project STEM Janice Holst
When a district doesn’t field a robotics team, the thing to do is join That ONE Team...

Mini-golf construction project is a stroke of STEM brilliance

Byron Center Alexis Stark
It was teacher Jessica Johnson’s second year leading sixth-graders in the project to teach them about lines, angles and using their imaginations...

Manufacturing lab offers core credits, industry certification

Northview Morgan Jarema
Starting this school year, every student who attends Northview Next’s Career Center spends two days a week inside a portable classroom turned manufacturing lab at the back of the East Beltline campus...

From Sherlock Holmes to ‘The Spore’

East Grand Rapids Phil de Haan
Whether playing 'spore kid' or a street urchin, Zoë Cunningham is having the time of her life as an actress...

Middle, high schoolers band together

Kent City Janice Holst
Eighth-graders fill in key spots to help Kent City High School march into another state band championship...
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