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Creative Constructor Studio at Camp Creativity: Construct and Conserve Colorado Columbines!

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Colorado Convention Center, Camp Creativity

Learning experience: Venture to Camp Creativity
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Presenters

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Andrea (Drea) Aguirre
Instructional Coach: EdTech
Denver Public Schools
Drea Aguirre is an EdTech Digital Coach supporting schools throughout District RE-1- Denver Public Schools. Prior to this position, this Colorado native taught a variety of social studies courses in both middle and high schools. When she's not coaching teachers and admin on creating environments for our 21st century students to thrive, she can be found making memories with her husband, two kids and two dogs, or working on a craft project in those (rare!) free moments of time.
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Megan Jones
Teacher
Denver Green School Northfield
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Kali Peracchia
AI Instructional Specialist
Denver Public Schools
Kali (she/her) leads a distributive approach to building AI literacy for students, educators, leaders, and families in Denver Public Schools while also working towards a PhD in STEM Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Denver, researching culturally and linguistically sustaining pathways for integrating AI into teaching and learning. Kali also spent a decade teaching Social Studies, Language Arts, and GT within and around Philadelphia and Southwest Denver. Kali is proud to live in colorful Colorado, where she is a hiker, cyclist, avid reader, vinyl collector, intersectional co-conspirator, devoted partner, dog owner, and - most importantly - mom of a toddler.

Session description

Join us in the Mile-High Creative Constructor Studio at Camp Creativity for some hands-on making!

Craft a paper Columbine flower, Colorado's beloved and beautiful state flower! Explore the elegant resilience of this high-altitude bloom while engaging with fun facts about its unique ecological and cultural significance, insights into the Columbine’s role in environmental conservation, and its symbolic representation in Colorado’s fight for safer school environments.

Brought to you by Denver Public Schools’ STEAM team, "Construct & Conserve Colorado Columbines," is a part of the "Colorado’s Wild Wonders" exhibit at Camp Creativity.

* Drop-in workshop instructions & information will start every 30 minutes, but you are welcome to jump in at any time: 12:30 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m.

Presented by: Denver Public Schools STEAM team

See you at the Camp studio for some flower crafting fun!

Session specifications

Topic:
Maker activities and programs, Project-, problem- & challenge-based learning, Creativity & curation tools, Storytelling/multimedia, Library/media
Audience:
Teachers, Coaches, Principals/head teachers, Library media specialists, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Subject area:
Computer science, STEM/STEAM, Performing/visual arts

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