EEA 2012 – Middle School STEMDay 2, AM Content Session

What key points did you observe from the openingvideo?• Today’s students are a part of the Digital

Generation.• They are technologically savvy and globally

connected.• Our teaching has to change.• We must meet these new learners in their learning

environment.

Participants will:

• develop an understanding of key attributes for an effective STEM learning environment.

• analyze STEM-centric unit and lesson components.

• Examine STEM resources on the curriculum management system.

Many STEM related companies employ a variety of Quality Management Tools used toshare information as simply as possible.

Common Doctrine• Learn

• STEM Standards of Practice Framework• Do

• STEM SOPs in your classroom• Teach

• Others how to incorporate the SOPs in their classrooms

How would you share information about one of the STEM Standards of Practice Middle School proficiencies?

Remember…◦ Minimum Words◦ Graphics, Pictures◦ Keep it Simple

Did your partner understand the message

you wanted to convey with your OPL?

• Mark key STEM concepts on your Bingo cards

• Please do not scream BINGO during the presentation!

• Hold your cards to the end of the sessions.

• BINGO winners will receive a prize!

1. Learn and Apply Rigorous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Content

2. Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Content

3. Interpret and Communicate STEM Information

4. Engage in Inquiry

5. Engage in Logical Reasoning

6. Collaborate as a STEM Team

7. Apply Technology Appropriately

http://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/media.phpThe Hydrology Project: Making Learning Relevant

Discussion Question:• Focusing on the STEM Learning Environment,

what are key classroom attributes that are essential to developing an effective STEM Learning Environment.

Chart your team’s brainstormon the chart paper.

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http://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/media.php The 21st Century Skills Culture

STEM Education Learning EnvironmentSTEM Education Learning Environment

Discussion Question:Focusing on the STEM Learning Environment, what arekey classroom attributes that are essential todeveloping an effective STEM Learning Environment.

• Add items to your Chart.• Organize your list of attributes into

an affinity diagram (Teacher’s Role, Student’s Role). There may be overlap.

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Discussion Questions:• What driving forces will support the

development of a STEM-centric learning environment?

• What restraining forces may impede the development of a STEM-centric learning environment?

• Create a Force-Field Analysis.

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You have been creating components of a STEM

Classroom Learning System to support the

development of a STEM-centric learning

environment using common quality tools

(brainstorming, affinity diagram, force-field analysis) for

education!

• STEM Centric Learning Environment Attributes

• STEM Classroom Roles and Responsibilities (Teacher and Student)

• Use of common quality tools

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• Mark key STEM concepts on your Bingo cards

• Please do not scream BINGO during the presentation!

• Hold your cards to the end of the sessions.

• BINGO winners will receive a prize!

“In Project Based Learning (PBL), students gothrough an extended process of inquiry in responseto a complex question, problem, or challenge.Rigorous projects help students learn key academiccontent and practice 21st Century Skills (such ascollaboration, communication & critical thinking).” Bulk Institute for Education http://www.bie.org/

http://www.bie.org/videos/video/project_based_learning_explained

Middle School Project: Balloon Carhttp://www.bie.org/videos/video/middle_school_project_balloon_car

Significant Content – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

STEM Standards of Practice

Driving Question

Relevancy

Voice and Choice

Revision and Reflection

• Recall the attributes of a STEM-centric learning environment your team developed earlier.

• Considering the key characteristics of STEM Project/Problem Based Learning pedagogy, add items to your affinity diagram and force field analysis.

• Mark key STEM concepts on your Bingo cards

• Please do not scream BINGO during the presentation!

• Hold your cards to the end of the sessions.

• BINGO winners will receive a prize!

• Content Based Infusion• Teachers provide learning experiences for students that

allow for demonstration of the STEM Standards of Practice within a particular content.

• Projects that Span Multiple Contents• A more effective method of STEM instruction where

teachers collaborate across contents to provide learning experiences for students that allow for use of the STEM Standards of Practice in a holistic manner through projects.

• Enduring Understandings. These go beyond discrete facts or skills to focus on larger concepts, principles, or processes. They are transferable—applicable to new situations within or beyond the subject. (McTighe & Wiggins, 1999)

• Essential Questions. Essential questions are provocative questions designed to engage student interest and guide inquiry into the important ideas in a field of study. Rather than yielding pat answers, essential questions are intended to stimulate discussion and rethinking over time. (McTighe & Wiggins, 1999)

• Content Standards. This section will list Maryland State Curriculum content standards from multiple disciplines that are addressed in the unit.

• STEM Standards of Practice. This section identifies the essential skills and knowledge from the STEM Standards of Practice that will be addressed in the unit.

• Connection to STEM Careers. This section describes careers in the STEM fields that correlate with content covered in the unit.

MS STEM and Physical Education: Combating Obesity

• Jaclyn Austin (Howard County)

• Sharon Kramer (Howard County)

• Nicole Nimmo (Harford County)

• Marie Hartman(Anne Arundel County)

MS STEM and Social StudiesEffect of Humans on the Environment

• Courtney Baxter (Wicomico County)

• Meredith McGann (Wicomico County)

• Katy Seman (Wicomico County)

MS STEM and Fine Art Habitat for Local Birds

•Sara Mullin (Baltimore County)

•Barbara Noppinger (Baltimore County)

•Brad Sweet (Anne Arundel County)

Colleen Beall (Frederick County)

Erin Landsman (Frederick County)

Kim Sturdivant-Miller (Baltimore County)

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Choose one of the following…

• Use the STEM 5E Lesson Plan Template to create a STEM centric lesson to add to one of the unit seeds presented.

• Use the STEM U.S.T.E.M model to begin the process of developing a STEM unit outline based in your content area.

• Use the e-portfolio instructions and exemplar presented to create an e-portfolio for your students to reflect on their STEM experiences in middle school.

• Winner?

• To claim your STEM prize, you must share out • how your bingo items relate

to STEM Education• best practices for infusing

STEM education in your school.