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MakerSpaces Teacher Tour
On November 21 some teachers from STEM Innovation Academy Junior High had the opportunity to tour some of Calgary’s Maker Spaces. The first stop was FUSE33, where we toured the front of house gallery, wood shop, textiles and electrical areas, as well as the office commons area upstairs. FUSE33 is a public Maker Space where… Read more
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Charlie Chaplin Shorts
By Rod Kennedy STEM Innovation Academy students from our 2D Content Creation complementary course created Foley sound effects for a silent movie and edited them in to score a Charlie Chaplin silent video clip. Using microphones, student groups collected the sounds from around our school. Once they had collected the sound effects they needed, they… Read more
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Grade 8 Gamified
By our Grade 8 Humanities Team: Anna Maria Donaldson, Rebecca Ochitwa, Evan Acheson, and Stephen Manuel-Jones. For the past 2 school years, our grade 8 team has been teaching the grade 8 social studies Japan unit through a sophisticated game where teams of students compete to conquer or survive. The game was created by The… Read more
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PD Field Trip: Maker Spaces and the Maker Mindset
On November 21 in the afternoon, we are hosting a Professional Development “Field Trip” for interested STEM IA teachers. The 2 sites chosen for this event are FUSE33 and the University of Calgary School of Engineering’s Maker Multiplex. Big Ideas: Makerspaces foster innovation through hands-on experimentation. Participants in Maker spaces have the opportunity to be creative and apply… Read more
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Remembrance Day Presentation
November 09, 2022 saw our second annual Remembrance Day presentation at STEM Innovation Academy. The event was MC’ed by Spencer, a grade 9 student and broadcasting enthusist from the newspaper club. Our own Finn B. from grade 8 played the moving pieces The Last Post and Reveille on his violin. Our presentation ended with a… Read more
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At the Elbow with Experts
Our 2D Content Creation Course was fortunate to work with a local freelance artist and graphic designer Reagan Mclean. For the course, Mr. Acheson created Adobe Illustrator challenges for students and our expert. Students were able to see the design process in action as Regan demonstrated his skills with Adobe Illustrator, as well as his… Read more
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