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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Happy Friday! Today was a busy day! Today my K students worked on sequencing with scrat with @codeorg.bsky.social ! Then 1st grade worked on building their flying machines! Then 2nd grade worked on using a mouse with our computer! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was a decently busy day! Today K worked on sequencing with scrat on @codeorg.bsky.social ! Then 1st grade got started building their flying machine! It was a fun a productive day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was a good day! Today my 2nd graders worked using the mouse and worked on those skills! Then 1st graders worked on their engineering notebooks! Then K worked on sequencing with scrat! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today was good productive day! Today K worked on coding their flurbs in @codeorg! Then 1st grade did their ask, imagine and plan today for their flying machine! Then 2nd grade worked on some coding! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy Monday! Today was a busy but productive day! Today my K students worked on coding unplugged with the flurbs of @codeorg.bsky.social ! Then my 1st graders went through the process of engineering by asking, imagining and planning! It was productive day!#STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy Friday! Today was a great busy day! Today my 2nd graders worked on coding with @codeorg.bsky.social ! Then 1st got introduced to their engineering notebooks! Then K worked on code unplugged with flurbs! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was a busy but productive day! Today K students worked on dragging and dropping with @codeorg.bsky.social ! The. 1st grade got introduced to the engineering design process! Then 2nd worked on debugging! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was very busy but productive day! Today K worked on dragging and dropping on @codeorg.bsky.social ! They loved to learning how to do it! Then 1st grade got introduced to the engineering design process! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today was a good busy day! Today my 2nd graders worked on @codeorg to debug some codes! Then 1st graders worked on their last engineering centers! Then K worked on their tablets to learn how to drag and drop with @codeorg! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy Monday! Today was a busy but good day! Today my K students worked on knowing what coding is! Then 1st grade did there engineering centers! Then 2nd grade worked on typing on @typetastic_com! Then today was first day of robotics for the year! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Friday! Today was a busy day! Today my K friends learned about coding and they watched a @brainpop.bsky.social video! Then 1st grade worked on their last engineering centers! Have a great weekend! #STEM #Teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was an interesting one! Today I subbed for 3rd grade STEM we did Legos! Then 2nd grade did Typetastic with finger movements! Then 1st did some engineering centers! Then K did there first lesson on coding! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was an easy half day with students! Today my 1st graders got the opportunity to free build with my different building materials! Then we had some PD after our students left! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today my K students worked on learning the rules when going online thanks to @CommonSenseEd! Then 1st grade did some new centers! They did the chompsaw, they folded paper and they also some @PlayDoh! It was a fun day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Monday! Today was busy one! Today my 2nd graders went did their mission on @codeorg.bsky.social ! Then 1st grade did their second rotation of centers 2! Then K did their last lesson on safety online! It was good! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Friday! Today was a very busy but productive day! Today my K students learned how to Pause for People with @CommonSenseEd! Then 1st grade did engineering centers! Then 2nd did there first mission with computers on @codeorg.bsky.social ! Fun day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Thursday! Happy Constitution Day! Today my K students worked on a new strategy on Pausing for People from Common Sense! Then 1st grade worked on some new engineering centers! It was very productive day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was a busy day! Today my 2nd grade learned how to be respectful online! Then 1st grade did their engineering centers! Then K worked on Pausing for People! It was a very good day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today was busy day! Today my K Students learned how to balance their time with technology! Then 1st grade worked on their last round of #engineering centers! Then 2nd grade did their first cs activity on learning how protect themselves with STOP! #STEM #Teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy Monday! Today was a fun and busy day! Today my K students worked on being a #digitalcitizens and learned how to balance with tech! Then 1st grade did new #engineering center! Then I also got my @wayground.bsky.social PD Innovator instructor! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy Friday! Today was a busy day! Today 2nd grade did their sky bridges! Then 1st grade did their second rotation of #engineering centers! Then K did their first lesson on #digitalcitizenship all about media balance! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was a busy day! Today my K and 1st grade students worked on there The man who walked between the tower! They built their models! Then 2nd grade made their sky bridges with cards and tape! It was fun day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was a fun day! Today all my classes did the lesson “The Man who walked between the towers”. All the students loved building the models of the building from the book! It was a good day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today was a busy day! Today my 2nd grader worked on their STEM journal! Then 1st and K worked did an activity called the man who walked between the towers! They had to make models of the towers! Also I got my @wayground.bsky.social certificate today! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Friday! Today we all got the opportunity to have some free build time! We also had our buddy classrooms! It was a fun day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was a busy day for STEM! Today my K student finished up their engineering centers! Then 1st did some engineering centers. The skills today are braiding, cutting cardboard with @Makedo, then paper chains and using @strawbees! It was a fun! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was a busy day! Today I started the day in the playroom! Then had 2nd grade and we built our amusement parks! Then 1st grade did their engineering centers! Then K did the last day of engineering building supplies! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today was fun and busy day! Today my K students worked on different building materials! The. 1st grade did the first round of engineering centers! They used @Makedo and @strawbees Then 2nd grade was able to start our game for CS! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Happy Monday! Today was a busy day! Today my K students got the opportunity to try some new building centers! Then 1st grade started there engineering centers! Then learned how to cut cardboard, braid string, make paper chains and use @strawbees! It was good day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy Friday! Today was such a busy day! Today my 2nd graders worked on the 4C’s and started planning their project! Then 1st grade was able to do a cup and sticks challenge! Then K learned about new engineering materials! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was fun day in STEM class! Today my K students worked on rules and they also got some engineering building time! Then 1st grade created boats as a team! Then 2nd grade made their amusement park with legos! It was a fun production day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was another busy day! Today K got to learn more of the rules and expectations then got some free build time! Then 1st grade worked on a new teamwork challenge to make a boat with different materials! Then at recess I saw this butterfly! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy Tuesday! Today was another busy day! Today I have the play room first thing in the morning then I had second they had routines and expectations then a keva plank challenge! Then first grade got rules and they did a paper chain! Then K did some free build! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happy Monday! Today was a busy Monday in the class! Today my K students got an opportunity to have free build! Then 1st grade worked on a challenge with 10 cups and craft sticks! Then 2nd grade started to work on a 4C’s lesson and they loved to brainstorm! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Happy Friday! Today was a busy first Friday with all our students! Today my K students learned the rules and routines and got some time to free build and learn how to use the materials! Then 1st grade got a new challenge today! They got 10 cups and sticks to build a tower! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Happy Thursday! Today was fun beginning of the day! We had only K today and they enjoyed learning the rules and routines in the STEM classroom! They loved having time to free build as well! It was fun first day with them! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy Wednesday! Today was a busy day in STEM class! Today my 1st and 2nd graders went over the rules and expectations in my room! Then they both had a teamwork challenge one for paper chains and the other a @KEVAplanks challenge! It was a good day! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Happy First day of the 2026-2027 school year! This year I’m going into my 5 year of teaching #STEM! Today we went over the rules and expectations and then did a paper chain challenge to work on teamwork! It was a great first day back with students! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Fifth and final day of inservice! Today we started off with crew and then had time in our classrooms! Then I had our first #Agriculture meeting and along with our final crew before students! Also I was able to get 4 fish for my tank! Names will come soon! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today we had our 4th day of inservice! Today we didn’t do much beside get some lessons ready to go and today I added some snails to my fish tank! Then we also got our staff shirts! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Happy 3rd day of inservice! Today was had crew then time in your classroom to get ready for meet the teacher night! Then I had a pd all about our play room! It was a fun back to school night! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Today was the second day of inservice! Today we started with staff crew and we learned about student crews! Then we set up our rooms for a bit! Then I have a big announcement I will be getting a fish tank this year! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy first day of inservice! Today we started with a whole K-12 Pd! Then we had our #STEM department meeting! Then had a building faulty meeting and got to meet our new crews for the year! Can’t wait to learn more tomorrow! #Teacher #STEM

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This past week I was able to be a Lead Learner for #KTI! It was an amazing experience and opportunity to connect with educators from across the state! It was such a honor and privilege to be apart of this amazing group! #ktifamily #ktisummit #STEM #Teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today was the last day of the FarmBeat for Students with @codejoyedu and @infosys_foundation_usa! Today we did a reflection of data logging then did some AI work! It was amazing learning some new skills! #STEM #teacher #infypathfinders #agricultura

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Heading to #KTI next week? Let’s connect before heading to campus!

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Today was the second day of training for the @codejoyedu.bsky.social training! Today we worked on learning conditionals, how to make an automatic watering system and learned about data collection! It was awesome learning so much to bring back to my classroom! #STEM #teacher

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Today I was able to a professional development today at @longwoodgardens and was able to learn about Telling the Story of Nature through Photography! It was an amazing session and was able to make some great connections with different educators! #STEM #teacher #longwood #environmentliteracy #summer

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today I was able to start a professional development with @codejoyedu and @infosys_foundation_usa all about FarmBeats4 Students! I learned today all about how a @microbit_edu works and learned how to code a soil moisture sensor! I learned to much today #STEM #teacher #infypathfinders #agriculture

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Brendan Powell @mrpowell20.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy Thursday! Today we were able to chill and enjoy our last couple of classes of the school year! Today we also had our awards ceremony for staff congrats to everyone who got one! Just one more day until summer! #STEM #teacher

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