Ss are learning about the human body systems in Amplify , so we brought it to LIFE! Ss: 🩻 created Qtip skeletons 🧠 colored the brain & used VR to bring it to life 🔬 explored the human body through microscopes & VR Merge #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #WeAreVan

Over the last 3 weeks we have been invited to 3 school districts: Fruitvale, Athens & Rains We provided them with STEAM exploratory days including 4-5 innovative activities and we had a BLAST making memories with them! #steam #stem #steamlearning #stemlearning #WeAreVan

We will be rolling into Austin for TCEA in a couple weeks! Come see us at booth 2267 so we can share how our small, rural district shares #STEAM opportunities! Comment below if you plan to see us at #TCEA2025 ! #WeAreVan #EdTech #PublicSchools #STEMeducation #TCEA #STEM

2nd grade cartographers boarded the STEAM bus today to share their map-reading skills & knowledge! Ss participated by: 📍Molding playdough into TX & marking important cities 🤖 Coding INDI while navigating a neighborhood map 🖍️ Coloring their compass ❌ Navigating a treasure map

🚨 7th Graders & The Alamo! 🚨 Our Ss had an amazing time diving into history with a hands-on #STEAM event focused on the Alamo!  🌽 they made corn tortillas  🎮 Tested their knowledge with Gimkit ✂️ Crafted paper fortune tellers (Alamo-style!) #WeAreVan #STEM #publicschools

A beautiful ☀️ day doing STEAM activities with our 5th grade science! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ Relay races with food chains 🖍️ 📱 VR coloring bringing food chains to life 🤖 Using Ozobots to show the flow of energy in a food chain #STEAM #STEM #ruralschools #ruraleducation #publicschools

🚨 NEW TECH ALERT!🚨 We have another coding robot to add to our toolbox & that’s Kai's Education 🚀Fly into Coding!🌟! We used it to showcase our 4th graders knowledge on TX symbols to code the KaiBot from 1-5! #STEM #STEAM #STEMEducation #STEAMEducation #WeAreVan #publicschools #ruralschools

STEAM activities with 4th grade working through the Alamo! 🔮 we engineered fortune tellers with Alamo info & famous Texans 👾 played a Gimkit review game 🤖 used TX symbols to guide our NEW Kai Bot along its track #STEAM + TX History = 👍🏼 #WeAreVan #STEM #ruralschools #publiced

Travelled to Athens ISD for 3rd-5th science activities included: 📱 studying vocab w/ Gimkit 🔊 experimenting w/ sound 💡 making light up name badges 🪞a reflection and refraction activity  🪄  Our CTE education pathway students were amazing with small groups!  #WeAreVan #STEAM

K Ss had a lesson on living things! During this event, they: 🦓 Were quizzed on animals and their young through Gimkit 🐍 Explored reptiles through Merge cubes 🐠 Brought their own masterpieces to life through our NEW Aquarium Experience #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEM #publicschools

1st grade Vandals shared their knowledge with our STEAM bus staff about 3D solids today! We challenged them with 3 activities including: 🎥 building 3D solids & creating a stop motion video  🖍️ coloring shapes & bringing them to life with VR 🔺playing a memory match game #STEAM

Mineola ISD Biology Ss reviewed for their upcoming STAAR test! ⭐️ We collaborated to complete activities including: 🤖 coded Kai's Education 🚀Fly into Coding!🌟 by answering ?s about biomolecules ✂️ built study materials to review DNA 🫀 color & VR circulatory system 🧬 Punnett squares with Gimkit

Pre-K took a prehistoric trip today with activities like: 🦕 coloring their dinos & bringing them to life QuiverVision 🦖 mimicking dino characteristics to pick up items 🦕 creating dino fossil necklaces #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEM #STEAMeducation #STEMeducation #publiced

VHS US History students boarded the STEAM bus for a 50 states review day including 💎 Gimkit game for matching capitols to states 🎯 Reviewing state facts with a game of darts to target the state 🤖 Ozobot cross-country tour #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEAMeducation #publiced

Our summer school Ss brought “Pete the Cat At the Beach” to life with a few activities! 🏄 conducted a buoyancy surf board experiment 🐚 made their own seashell necklaces 🍋 🖍️ mixed up refreshing lemonade & colored pictures of Pete the Cat #WeAreVan #STEAM #STEM #STEAMlearning

📢 Get ready to spend Homecoming with the STEAM Bus! 📢 Bring your family & friends! 📅 Date: September 24, 2025  🕔 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM  📍 Location: In front of JE Rhodes Elementary We'll have:  🍔 Food available for purchase!  🎨 A FREE STEAM craft! See you there!

🪐Our students had an out-of-this-world experience last week as they stepped inside Van ISD’s new Mobile Planetarium! They explored constellations and zoomed across the solar system. #WeAreVan #VanSTEAMBus #STEAM #STEAMlearning #STEAMeducation #STEM #ToTheSeaTour2026

We had an incredible, high-energy, hands-on day with VHS biology covering: 🧫cells & organelles w/ our NEW planetarium 🤖biomolecules & their functions w/ the Kaibot 🍩modeling mitosis w/ Oreos & sprinkles 🕹️prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells w/ our NEW VR headsets #WeAreVan #STEAM

Our first graders had a blast learning about forces of motion on the Van STEAM Bus! They built ramps for cars, competed in water rocket relays and even explored push and pull with Sphero Bolt robots 🤖. Science + movement = smiles all around! 😄 #WeAreVan #ForcesOfMotion #STEAM

Happy National STEAM Day! 🚀 The #VanISDSTEAMBus is a mobile makerspace that’s logged countless miles & impacted thousands of students and educators across Texas! #WeAreVan #STEAMlearning #STEMlearning #STEAMeducation #STEMeducation #publicschools #ruralschools #ToTheSeaTour2026