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Top 10 spring and summer activities

Posted by Admin on April 05, 2018

Updated 6/14/24

The warmer months can mean many things, both good and, well, not as good. Better weather usually means more outdoor activities such as summer camps, but the extended time out of school can mean bored kids and a learning slide teachers fight against the rest of the year.

But spring fever doesn’t have to equal a lack of learning, and summertime doesn’t have to mean boredom. If you want to keep the learning going and keep students engaged, there are several things you can do.

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Topics: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, IDEAS & INSPIRATION, ROBOTICS, Camps, Makerspaces, STEM, Dragsters, Coding, STEM Units

Pitsco legend’s advice for your dragster race day

Posted by Admin on June 09, 2017

Updated 5/10/24.

For 25 years, Pitsco Technical Support Steve Snider ran CO2 dragster races for national and regional events. He was always precise, efficient, and good at teaching others. Thankfully, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Steve about what he’d learned over the years. Little did we know then that he was very ill, and he took leave soon after. He passed away March 16, 2017 – a great loss to the Pitsco family.

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Topics: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, Competitions, IDEAS & INSPIRATION, Teacher Resources, Dragsters