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Welcome!!As you find your seat,
please complete the following task.Your Task
• Using the paper provided at your
seat, bullet 3 to 5 ideas that describe
what you know or think about STEM
Education in the State of Maryland.
• When you have finished, either
crumple your paper into a ball or
create a paper airplaneWAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
Integrating Standards
through STEM
Education
Explore an Integrated Approach to Instruction.
Using real-world context and collaborative
interaction, participants will work together to
develop an outline for a potential lesson or
unit that integrates standards from multiple
content areas.
Today’s Outcomes
Generate a bank of real-world problems, challenges, and/or global issues around which to design a STEM learning experience.
Develop an outline for a potential learning experience that integrates standards from multiple content areas.
Change your perspective about how you plan and implement STEM-centric instruction.
Task Share Out Using the paper provided at your seat, bullet 3 to 5 ideas that describe what you know or think about STEM Education in the state of Maryland. When you have finished, either crumple
your paper into a ball or create a paper airplane.
STEM Education in Maryland
STEM Education is an approach to
teaching and learning that integrates
the content and skills of the STEM
disciplines and other disciplines to
answer complex questions,
investigate global issues, and solve
real-world problems and challenges
to prepare students for post-
secondary study and the 21st century
workforce.
should always include a
connection to a career
field so that students
recognize the practical
application of knowledge
and skills in everyday life.
STEM
Education
ST
EM
STA
ND
AR
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OF
PR
AC
TIC
EWhen designing a
STEM-Centric learning
experience it is
important to start first
with Content
Standards and the
STEM Standards of
Practice.
CONTENT
STANDARDS
Imp
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M In
stru
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• Implementing STEM Education should not
disrupt, displace, or add on
to curricular pacing.• STEM Education
complements the continuum
of content instruction that
would occur during the day.
• Two approaches to implementation:• Projects and/or Themes that
Span Multiple Disciplines
• Content – Based Infusion
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In the specified folders, you will find a variety of real-world connections.
Do not limit yourself to the ones in the folder – they are there to help inspire you and support your thoughts and ideas.
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Think about other content areas that naturally fit with the real-world connection you chose.
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What career connections relate to the experience you would like to
create?
CREATING YOUR STEM-CENTRIC
EXPERIENCESTEM
CONTENT
REAL-WORLD
CONNECTIONS
OTHER CONTENT
CAREER
CONNECTIONS
COMPLEX
QUESTIONS
CHALLENGES
REAL WORLD
PROBLEMS
W E A V E I T T O G E T H E R
What Makes A Good Question, Issue,
Problem, or Challenge?A scale of context and relevancy, from
global to local, is present.
Personal connection to students.
Reflection of contemporary situation or a
creative original juxtaposition of
contemporary understanding and past
understanding.Moral or ethical connections are built in.
Problems are transdisciplinary but content
can emphasize a narrow range of specific
subject objectives.
Adapted From: Glasgow, A. N. (1997). New Curriculum for New Times A Guide to Student-Centered, Problem-Based Learning. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage.
Home Bodies
Designate one member of your group to share your group’s thinking and ideas.
Designate another member to gather ideas and suggestions from visiting groups.
Visitors
The remaining members will visit the other groups to hear their ideas and provide feedback.
GATHERING ADDITIONAL IDEAS
FINAL SHARE-OUT
Please share your group’s ideas about a STEM experience.
Each group will have 2 minutes to share.
TAK
E-A
WA
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STEM is not what you teach, but HOW you teach it.
STEM-centric instruction is built around content standards.
STEM learning experiences are designed to connect with a real-world problem or issue.
STEM learning experiences must be transdisciplinary in nature, and the disciplines included should fit naturally.
Group collaboration is key so that teachers can share ideas.
STEM experiences are inquiry-based.
STEM experiences are hands-on.
Other?...
“Bu
ild T
o E
xpre
ss” You will have only one (1)
minute to explore the
items in your Lego Kit,
and only three (3) minutes
to work with your team to
build a model that communicates your
group’s collaborative
process.
RULES
All team members take part
in the activity
Everyone shares
Everyone listens
Please defer judgment
Build on the ideas of others
Questions?
Ready … Set … Go!
GROUP SHARE-OUTPlease explain the collaborative process your group used in
developing your STEM Experience.
TAKING IT BACK !
Work alone or in a small group to develop
a plan for yourself, your school, your
department, or your grade level.
YOUR STEM PLAN
Wh
at Do
Yo
u
Th
ink?
REFLECTION
Having now
gone through
this process,
what would
you tell your
future self
about STEM ?
EVALUATION