And that’s it for our 2023-24 McAndrew Garden Club Season 🌸. We finished our year solarizing beds for the summer and having a garden party. Love these kids and their passion for nature! #ProjectACORN #NWF #PollinatorGardens McAndrew Elementary NISD Science National Wildlife Federation

We had a great morning EcoCentro with monarch heroes! So glad we get the opportunity to grow our garden and community with this program 🦋 We also got a picture with Ranger Rick 💙 National Wildlife Federation #MonarchHeroes #ProjectAcorn McAndrew Elementary

These trunks from TX Parks & Wildlife with skulls and skins for students are really cool! The kids loved playing animal track detectives and looking at animal adaptations 🐾 #TexasParksandWildlifeDept #Science #STEM McAndrew Elementary

A gorgeous morning to work outside. We have the best outside space for the kiddos to learn ❤️ #OutdoorClassroom McAndrew Elementary

Some Spring cleaning and strawberry toast (cheers, not bread) ❤️🧑‍🌾 I love seeing kids work in the garden. McAndrew Elementary #ProjectAcorn #Strawberries #Onions #Sunflowers

Spring in our garden makes me so happy ❤️ #ProjectAcorn #Sunflowers #Skullcaps #Sage #Wildflowers McAndrew Elementary NISD Science

Enjoyed my first field trip with TX Master Naturalist to the Witte Museum ~ Nature, Science & Culture 🦖

Spring cleaning in the garden 🪴 STEM night, electrical engineering and building in the lab make for a lovely week ⭐️ NISD STEM Labs McAndrew Elementary #ProjectAcorn

We had such a great time at STEM night last night ❤️ I loved watching the kids move from station to station and the 4th & 5th graders app project was my favorite 📱 Thank you Rawlinson MS & College of Sciences for coming out!

National Engineers Week had a little bit of everything 🏗️ Planetarium visits with all classes, building with Strawbees, Lego Spike kits, and mixing concrete with the littles ❤️ We are just having too much fun 😊 McAndrew Elementary NISD STEM Labs

Huge thank you to Zachry Construction for coming out for engineers week to talk to the kids about bridges and concrete ❤️. The littles thought it was fabulous McAndrew Elementary NISD STEM Labs

Another stargazing event in the books 🤩 We had a great evening and the kids enjoyed all the activities. Thank you Amalia Sollars and NISD Science for working so hard on this 💙 #YoungAstronauts McAndrew Elementary

My Strawbees showed up today!! Thank you NISD Grants and Recognitions Department and Northside Education Foundation (NEF) for supporting the future women of STEM, we cannot wait to build and code ❤️ McAndrew Elementary NISD STEM Labs

We cannot wait for spring 🤩. Starting to direct sow some flowers and veggies, installed some new trellis tunnels for our vines, and talked about plants producing seeds 🌱 #ProjectAcorn McAndrew Elementary

Q3: We all know Love is a Battlefield, but Canva can bring us together! #nisdedchat

My new favorite: Kids record themselves making “YouTube” style videos demonstrating their learning. I love to hear them explain to their audience what they are learning, building, and the work they do collaboratively 🥰 McAndrew Elementary NISD STEM Labs

We had to check on where the monarchs are for winter to start getting ready for the migration north National Wildlife Federation We found signs of bluebonnets in our field, picked more broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts 🌱🦋🥦McAndrew Elementary #ProjectAcorn

Beauty all around our garden 🥰 We continue to harvest broccoli and cauliflower, and our brussels sprouts developed this week too 🌱 My little plant huggers enjoyed trying a little of everything. #ProjectAcorn McAndrew Elementary

Beyond grateful for my family, school, students, and community. A grant to fund my Strawbees project one week and recognized educator of the year the next❤️. Thank you McAndrew Elementary for believing in me!

Spacewalks, Dash launchers, and some ghost blitz Paxton/Patterson - College & Career Ready Labs for truth tables make a great week in STEM 🤖 I love to see their team work each and every day! NISD STEM Labs McAndrew Elementary