STEAMand the Gifted Learner

Joe SchwartzSpotswood High School

Kean Universityand the DESIGN-ED Coalition

S cience

T echnology

E ngineering

M ath

S cience

T echnology

E ngineering

A rt & Design

M ath

Develop talent and strengthen opportunities at all grade levels in technology and engineering.

Provide opportunities and materials for innovative math, science, technology, and engineering.

Ensure that students work with peers of similar interests and abilities.

Garner support and mentoring for STEM initiatives from a wide range of community stakeholders.

Collaborate with mathematicians, scientists, engineers and technology experts in mentoring and development of programs.

www.nagc.org

“Arts education can benefit academically gifted students by

increasing the complexity and rigor of the curriculum, promoting extensive use

of a variety of problem-solving strategies, heightening student

motivation to pursue a topic of interest in depth, and developing rich skills in

communicating with varied audiences.”

www.stemtosteam.org

What resources doyou have availableto make your own Workyard-type kit?

www.nsgt.org/problem-based-learning/

www.csupomona.edu/~dnelson/

missmarker.com/archives/212

www.science-sparks.com/2012/01/09/making-a-catapult-looking-at-elasticity/

History

Design

Photography

Science

Science

Vocabulary

OxidationPatina

NumismaticsSculptorCameo

ImmigrantTenement

Advocacy

Common Core

ELA Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy SL.K.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to

descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy SL.3.5 Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that

demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate

to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy SL.5.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7Integrate visual information

(e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of

that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

History/SS Common Core Standards

Science/Tech Common Core Standards

Reference Materials

www.rif.org/documents/us/WaterWondersFinal-en.pdf

itunes.apple.com/us/app/water-wonders/id618102703?mt=8

thehenryford.org

next.cc

designlearning.us

Thank You!

www.design-ed.orgjschwartz@design-ed.org