STEMSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, & MATHEMATICS

What is STEM? Why is it important?

Using Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to teach various concepts across the curriculum.

It is important because it provides students the opportunity to learn curriculum in a different way.

WHO ARE YOU?

I am going to give you about 3 minutes to build anything with the pieces you are given.

Be prepared to talk for about 2-3 minutes about your building.

How can I do it? What kind of learners do we have?

Think outside the box!

Let’s think about differentiation vs. individualized learning vs. personalized learning????

Differentiation vs. Individualized vs. Personalization Differentiation (HOW)– being aware of all student’s

learning styles flexibility in instruction, assessment, and grouping

Individualized (WHEN) – the speed at which student’s learn, complete and/or work through curriculum

Personalized (ALL OF THE ABOVE) – the combination of differentiation and individualized Looking at how your student’s learn and catering to the

when, where, and how to meet their needs.

How does this relate to STEM?

Through STEM activities you have the opportunity to see more personalized educationCollaborative hands-on projectsStudent creativity in the classroom Increased critical thinking skills

USEFUL LINKS

www.newsela.com An online article database that allows you

to choose a lexile score for your students .

Use in any content areaCompletely differentiated

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SPARKNOTES http://www.sparknotes.com/

The Outsiders Essay Topics

WHO LOVES LEGOS? “EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!”

Using Legos to learn math & color

1 red block + 1 red block = 2 red blocks

3 blue blocks + 3 yellow blocks = 6 blocks, but yellow and blue make green

LEGO in LARGER SCALE

Build a city or any type of architecture and then write about it. (fine arts, math, engineering, language arts)

Incorporating the scale drawings per mathematics, and then fine arts for the design along with language arts to write about it (math, art, engineering and design, language arts)

Elementary level – make a multi-color shape and write a sentence about your shape (math, art, language arts)

STEM IN ART (STEAM)

STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math Using consumables to construct (wire to construct

architecture)

ART uses this all the time. Art could be used throughout all curriculums.

Example: Visual demonstration of the solar system (engineering by

building

math by using scale modeling (actual construction)

Microsoft Auto Collage

Have students take pictures of their art work and incorporate it in a collage

Incorporate writing across the curriculum by writing a paragraph description about the various types of art that are shown on the collage

Open up a Word Document through One Drive (office 365) online and have students make comments at the same time.

ART MADE FROM OBJECTS

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-art-of-legos/9/

http://artiswhatiteach.blogspot.com/2011/11/6th-grade-frank-stella-protractor.html

http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/2014/05/math-art-book-project-shapes.html

Your Turn! You will each be given a few peel apart Twizzlers.

Create a design, shape, your name, letter, etc… out of the Twizzlers you are given.

(Students) Write 3-5 sentences about your creation. You could even include for them to write step by step instructions on what they did, so someone else could follow them.

Could be used in math for shapes, science, art, technology for building, language arts to write about creation.

Occurs CROSS-CURRICULAR Taking pictures of visual demonstrations or models,

and then making a movie or skit to present to the class

Recording class demonstrations we recorded the students reciting the keys of the keyboard

This way they can play it back to help them study

Using hands-on manipulatives (not just electronic manipulatives) to teach concepts Discussions on “how can this be used in science?”

Discussions on “what kind of math skills are you using today?

Need my robot to go 1 meter

Example Lesson - Business

Learning the keys of the keyboard Students write an ACROSTIC for each row

We write rows in order on the board and students have the ability to take a picture using their BYLD device to keep a copy

We recite the keys in class and the students record themselves (the whole class) saying the keyboard keys to help them remember it.

We play back some of their recordings to make sure they are clear to use for studying.

Students also construct a keyboard design of their choice. They get to make a keyboard through electronic programs (paint or PowerPoint) or hands-on using folders or construction paper

Example Lesson - Math

LEGO MATH You could use the different colored Legos to show students addition,

subtraction, fractions to name a few

Give students a set of LEGO blocks (could be 2 colors or more, or just random)

Have them build something within a few minutes (doesn’t matter what they build)

Then have them add up a certain color and then they could put it in a table to see the comparison between the colors

They could then look at ratios based on how many of each color they had compared to the total.

You could then relate this to other objects, like M&M’s, pieces of pizza, etc…

Example Lesson – Social Studies

http://flyingclassroom.com/ - Captain Irvin’s around the world travel

Follow him as he travels through 16 land, air, and sea expeditions.

Students can be put into groups and research each of the areas of Captain Irvin’s expeditions to find out various information (population, terrain, demographic information, etc…)

Include science aspect dealing with terrain and climate and what type of vegetation occurs there along with any living organisms.

Create an advertisement video about that location and include facts from Captain Irvin’s expedition.

Make it a jig saw by putting students into groups, and then have the groups present while students fill out a graphic organizer.

Create a graphic organizer for the students to fill out as each group presents their thoughts.

EXAMPLE LESSON ART (STEAM) Have students take pictures of their drawings and

upload them to create an AutoCollage. The class can them analyze the collage and write their

reflective thoughts of the content covered and the actual images

Narrate a movie with comments and/or Use real life materials (wires, metals, etc…) to construct

a piece of art. Including digital and CAD design software to construct

models

Example Lesson – Social Studies

United States Each student could pre responsible for coloring in a

picture of a state along with labeling the capital. You could either take a picture of each student

holding the picture and/or make a short recording of the student saying their state and capital.

Then you could insert them into moviemaker to make a class video of the states and record to make a song.

Example Lesson - Science

Force and Friction Students could watch different cars move across different

surfaces.

Then, compare how different shoes react across the different surface.

Explain force and friction to the class and ask students through various levels of questioning “why, why, why, why, why, does this happen?”

Students could write an analysis explaining why this occurs, and then have then create a visual example (moviemaker, iXplain)

They could then build an object that can move across a surface (robot, balloon car, etc…)

Have students pick a surface and calculate velocity

Example Lesson – Language Arts

Writing incorporate grammar through writing.

Construct a model or use from another class and write about that topic.

Writing is the easiest component to include

Video Conferencing

FACETIME, SKYPE, or LYNC

Use within the class.

Students in ISS, need Modifications, Special Needs, etc…

Contact other teachers in the county to set up sessions.

Have students share what they are doing?

Prepare questions and/or observe lessons.

Common Core Quest APP ITUNES - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id913473578?mt=8

ANDROID - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opened.ccquest

What to do now?

Think about current lessons you have

How can you incorporate STEM concepts with those lessons?

What can you tweak or change on an entry level without revamping your whole lesson?

Example

Learning the Parts of Speech

Make a PowerPOint

Save it as an IMAGE (JPEG)

Import into MovieMaker

Narrate a catchy tune or have the class sing a song or something about the parts of speech

Create a movie to show them that they have helped create