Getting started with stem duncan

Patti Duncan!Manager, Instructional Implementation!

Ge#ng  started  with  STEM  in  your  classroom  

@yoyosciteach!

Why  STEM?  

What  IS….  

How  do  we  get  started?  

Change  is  hard!  

Every  day,  students  travel  from  class  to  class,  being  exposed  to  content  in  isolated  environments  

They  view  learning  as  an  assembly  line…  individual  packages  without  cohesiveness  

They  struggle  with  seeing  concepts  as  part  of  a  whole  package.      

Which  makes  it  difficult  for  them  to  apply  their  learning  to  real  world  situaDons  

Do  We  Teach  Skills?  

Skills  are  not  taught….    they  are  developed  

How  are  skills  developed?  

Prac%ce  Prac%ce  Prac%ce  

Cut  The  Rope  

How  do  we  get  students  to  develop  these  skills  in  school?  

Plan  With  Skills  in  Mind  

Video segment: House is a Shelter Science Journals Chart Paper Interactive Glossary words DE Exploration: Shelter and Defense

Engage: •  Identify different types of

shelters •  Compare their home to

shelters in the animal world

•  Identify shelters, reasons for shelters and questions about shelters

Get  them  to  make  observa9ons  

Get  them  to  ask  ques9ons  

Give  them  problems  to  solve  

Engineering  is  Elementary  

Knex  for  K-­‐8  math  

MAKE  them  figure  it  out  

It  doesn’t  maLer  how  you  learned,  just  make  sure  I  am  a  problem  solver!  

Get  them  working  together  

Build  collaboraDon  into  daily  rouDnes  

Give  them  experiences  

Camp  InvenDon-­‐Using  evidence  to  explain  my  decisions  and  invenDon  

Camp  InvenDon  teamwork  

Encourage  them  to  create  

Encourage  them  to  present/publish  

Compe99on  is  a  GOOD  thing  

Science  Olympiad  

Odyssey  of  the  Mind  

1080  Camp-­‐Who  knew  motorsports  could  be  so  cool?  

1080  Reverse  engineering  challenges  and  compeDDons  

3M    Young  ScienDsts  CompeDDon  

Teach  them  to  FAIL  

Thanks!  Enjoy  your  conference!            duncanpaZ@gmail.com  duncanpaZ.wikispaces.com