This document discusses getting started with STEM education in the classroom. It recommends engaging students by having them make observations, ask questions, and solve problems. Students should practice skills through hands-on experiences like engineering projects, creating inventions, and competing in challenges. The document emphasizes developing students' skills through practice, collaboration, problem-solving, and learning from failures.

1. Ge#ng
started
with
STEM
in
your
classroom
Patti Duncan!
@yoyosciteach!
Manager, Instructional Implementation!

3. Why
STEM?

9. What
IS….

11. How
do
we
get
started?

12. Change
is
hard!

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

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

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

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

36. Do
We
Teach
Skills?

37. Skills
are
not
taught….
they
are
developed

38. How
are
skills
developed?

39. Prac%ce
Prac%ce
Prac%ce

41. Cut
The
Rope

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

44. Plan
With
Skills
in
Mind
Engage:
• Identify different types of
shelters
• Compare their home to
shelters in the animal
world
• Identify shelters, reasons
for shelters and questions
about shelters
Video segment:
House is a Shelter
Science Journals
Chart Paper
Interactive Glossary
words
DE Exploration:
Shelter and Defense

45. Get
them
to
make
observa9ons

48. Get
them
to
ask
ques9ons

50. Give
them
problems
to
solve

51. Engineering
is
Elementary

53. Knex
for
K-­‐8
math

54. MAKE
them
figure
it
out

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

56. Get
them
working
together

57. Build
collaboraDon
into
daily
rouDnes

58. Give
them
experiences

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

62. Camp
InvenDon
teamwork

63. Encourage
them
to
create

72. Encourage
them
to
present/publish

74. Compe99on
is
a
GOOD
thing

75. Science
Olympiad

76. Odyssey
of
the
Mind

77. 1080
Camp-­‐Who
knew
motorsports
could
be
so
cool?

78. 1080
Reverse
engineering
challenges
and
compeDDons

80. 3M
Young
ScienDsts
CompeDDon

83. Teach
them
to
FAIL

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