STEM education solutions webinar that discusses engaging your students with hands-on, project based learning. Review STEM education and objectives. Discuss the current state of Technology, Education and Industry. Learn how project-based learning benefits STEM education. Reveal Standards Based fischertechnik STEM Lab Program that includes 6 months of curriculum and material.

1. fischertechnik STEM Lab Program
A standard based curriculum
involving inquiry, design and problem solving
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2. What is fischertechnik?
 fischertechnik is a flexible and
innovative construction system. It
is unique, as the core component
allows attachment from all six
sides. It was designed with an
engineering mindset
 fischertechnik is used by middle schools, high schools, colleges
and universities around the globe to explore STEM related
concepts such as robotics, renewable energies, mechanics,
pneumatics, and so on. It has also been used by numerous
companies, including Porsche, DaimlerChrysler and BMW for
industrial simulation and training purposes.
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3. A Way To Learn
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4. An Old Discussion
How many Mills are built
and Machines
constructed, at great and
fruitless Expense, which
a little Knowledge in the
Principles of Mechanics
would have prevented
Ben Franklin
Proposals relating to the education of youth in Pensilvania 1749
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5. Manual Training
“The contrast between the listless and often
inattentive attitude of children occupied with some
ordinary class-lesson and the eager eyes and
nimble fingers of the same children at the modeling
bench is most instructive”
Sir Philip Magnus
Science 4 January 1889:
Vol. ns-13. no. 309, pp. 9 - 10
DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-13.309.9
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6. Purpose of STEM Education
• Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Education is responsible
for providing our country with three kinds of
intellectual capital:
Bipartisan STEM Education Caucus for Members of Congress http://www.stemedcaucus.org
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7. Purpose of STEM Education
• Scientists and engineers who will continue the
research and development that is central to the
economic growth of our country
• Technologically proficient workers who are
capable of dealing with the demands of a
science based, high technology workforce
• Scientifically literate voters and citizens who
make intelligent decisions about public policy
and who understand the world around them.
Bipartisan STEM Education Caucus for Members of Congress http://www.stemedcaucus.org
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8. Falling Into the Gap
 According to an article in US News and World Report:
“The STEM problem in the United States is
most clear when viewed against the gap
we see between our high school students
and those in China, South Korea, and
much of Europe. Or the huge volume of
mid-level engineers being produced by a
place like India.”
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9. Infrastructure needs have changed
China will build the equivalent of the US infrastructure over the next 20 years
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10. Infrastructure needs have changed
India will build the equivalent of the US infrastructure over the next 22 years
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11. Dubai
The Tallest building in
Dubai in 1970 was three
stories
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12. Industry has changed
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13. Industry has changed (continued)
 “There are no more jobs that
require a strong back. We have to
explain to parents and kids that 30
years ago you could have a living
wage job and not be STEM capable.
Today that is not possible.”
Tom Luce
National Math and Science Initiative
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14. Industry has changed (continued)
 “STEM is not really about the rocket
scientists, although a few more would never
hurt. It’s really about the middle class. It’s
less about the folks who design the airplanes
than the ones who build them. The guys
who used to pour the steel now have to
know how to program and instruct a robot
to do it.”
Brian Kelly
US News and World Report. 9/21/2012
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15. Technology has changed
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16. Skills Gap
Measurement
Analysis and Signal
Processing
Presentation
Decision making
Data logging
Control systems
Need for:
Sustainable designs
Cost effective use of
materials and infrastructure
Process control
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17. The next generation
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18. How has education changed?
Passive Learning
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19. Food for thought
Why do I need to know this?
Where will I ever use this?
What do I need to do for an A?
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20. The Current Educational System
In 1907, the Carnegie
Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching
developed the Carnegie unit as
a means of measuring the
amount of time a student had
studied a subject. Initially, the
requirement to enter college
was 14 Carnegie units.
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22. Major goals
• Provide teachers with curriculum which is a roadmap for
student learning
• Provide teachers with curriculum that promotes STEM
learning and integration through extensive use of
projects/problems
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23. Major goals
• Provide curriculum with engaging projects tied to
learning objectives
• Provide teachers with curriculum projects with
embedded academics
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24. What Students Experience
• Learning is Project Centered
• Each project opens with an authentic scenario
• Students are given the role of a professional working on a
project
• Students must research the role and the problem and
create a design brief.
• Students keep their research findings in their digital
engineering notebook.
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25. What Students Experience
• Students are given a technical literacy task driven
by the project
• Students acquire knowledge through inquiry and
exploratory research designed to give them tools
to solve a problem
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26. What Students Experience
• Students acquire necessary science, mathematics
and technical skills through carefully designed
enabling activities
• Students create prototypes of their solutions utilizing
the advanced fischertechnik modeling system
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27. What Students Experience
• Students create programming solutions to control
their prototypes
• Students create the final documentation for the
entire project and present the findings
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28. HS Mechatronics Project Themes
• Sketching and Documentation
• Structures
• Mechanical Systems
• Electronic Systems
• Control Systems
• Sensor Systems
• Motors and other Actuators
• Automation
• Fundamentals of Robotics
• Mobile Robotics
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29. Middle School Project Themes
• Sketching and Documentation
• Introduction to Energy and Power
• Energy Conversion Systems
• Conversion and Storage of Energy
• Simple Machines
• Mechanisms
• Basic Electricity
• Introduction to Control systems
• Human/machine collaboration
• Introduction to sensors
• Mobile Robotics
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30. Curriculum Structure
• Purpose
• Concepts
• Student Deliverables
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Outline
• Standards
• Authentic project scenario
• Daily teaching plan
• Supporting Activities
• Resources
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31. Examples of fischertechnik models:
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35. Examples of fischertechnik models:
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36. Each STEM Lab kit is packed in it’s own plastic
sorting box for organized storage.
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37. Each set includes complete curriculum disc, ROBO TX
Controller, ROBO Pro software, and all required parts.
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38. Thank you for
taking the time to
view this
presentation.
 To get more information on this program, request a quote, or to
speak with a dedicated educational representative, please call
Studica, Inc. (888) 561-7521
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 You can also email us at: STEMLab@studica.com
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