Practical STEM Learning That Teachers Can Use Tomorrow!
Great professional learning should inspire teachers while providing practical strategies they can immediately use with students. Drawing on more than 32 years in elementary education, Kim Collazo delivers engaging workshops that blend science, literacy, technology, and hands-on learning to build confident teachers and curious students.
Strengthen Literacy
Through STEM
Learn how quality picture books can launch meaningful science investigations and
cross-curricular learning.
Build STEM
Confidence
Help teachers feel comfortable teaching science through inquiry, engineering, and real-world
problem solving.
Create Inquiry-Driven Classrooms
Discover strategies that encourage students to ask questions, make observations, develop explanations, and think like scientists.
Signature Sessions
These signature sessions represent a sample of available topics. Additional workshops can be customized to align with your conference theme, district initiatives, grade levels, and professional learning goals.
Dumping the Standards Out of the Box!
The Challenge:
Finding meaningful ways to weave STEM into the existing curriculum.
This workshop is designed to:
- Support current classroom instruction
- Focus on standards-first pedagogy
- Adapt instruction to district priorities
- Build teacher buy-in
- Provide concrete examples of experiences that contribute to student mastery
- Model successful integration strategies
Wonder! The Treasure of Learning!
The Challenge:
Keeping students curious and engaged.
This workshop is designed to:
- Explore the brain science behind curiosity and wonder
- Demonstrate how picture books spark authentic STEM learning
- Model the Engineering Design Process through a hands-on challenge
- Show how wondering leads to deeper thinking and problem-solving
- Provide practical strategies that increase student engagement
- Inspire teachers to create classrooms where curiosity thrives
PB&R: Picture Books and Robots!
The Challenge:
Maximizing the investment in robotics while supporting meaningful instruction.
This workshop is designed to:
- Use picture books as engaging lesson launchpads
- Transform robots from occasional activities into instructional tools
- Integrate robotics with literacy, science, and engineering
- Provide adaptable lessons for a variety of robotic platforms
- Increase teacher confidence using classroom robotics
- Support standards-based, hands-on learning
- Encourage collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving
From Stories To Solutions:
Using Nonfiction Picture Books to Launch STEM Learning
The Challenge:
Capturing the richness of non-fiction to strengthen literacy and STEM integration.
This workshop is designed to:
- Integrate literacy and STEM through high-quality nonfiction picture books
- Support science instruction with authentic informational texts
- Encourage student questioning, investigation, and critical thinking
- Model engaging STEM lessons aligned to curriculum standards
- Promote collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving
- Provide practical strategies teachers can implement immediately
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