The document appears to be a presentation from the iSTEM-Ed 2016 conference in Pattaya, Thailand on integrating STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education. It discusses using a hands-on approach to learn from things in the environment and linking different subjects. It provides examples of using smartphone microscopes to observe samples like onion cells. The presentation emphasizes explaining concepts to students through storytelling and hands-on, social activities.
1. 1iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
STE(A)M around Us
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand
Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn, Ph.D.
Executive Director
2. 2iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
Students Students
• Good Skill
• Good Knowledge
• Good Characteristics
• High Morality
IN OUT
?
We all are students through all our lives
Good Learning
Environment
8. 8iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
http://education.arts.ufl.edu/resources/stem-vs-steam-brain/
9. 9iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
We Need “A” and Emphasize “S”
STEAM
Learn from things around us with hands-
on approach
Link relevant subjects to things
Interact with friends
“Art”
Music, Light, Color, Shape, …
“Social”
Emotion, Attribute, …
10. 10iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
Why is sky blue?
Why the express way
is tilted??
Scattering of Light
Centripetal force
11. 11iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
Variation of greenness of rice
fields?
• Maturity of rice plants
• Nutrient (nitrogen) level is varied
12. 12iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
http://www.mxphone.net/051012-what-chemical-inside-iphone5/dirt-4/
13. 13iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
25x
50x
Available 25x, 50x, 100xDIY Platform for holding a glass slide
Transforming your smartphone into
a digital microscope
24. 24iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life
https://www.ted.com/talks/danielle_feinberg_the_magic_ingredient_that_brings_pixar_movies_to_life
25. 25iSTEM-Ed 2016, Pattaya, Thailand July 6, 2016
We learn things around us
We know how to link/fuse/integrate
relevant subjects to the thing
We know how to explain (storytelling) to
students
We persuade students to have their hands
on and social interaction
The word “STEM” or “STEAM” is not as
important as the way…