Students who are "making" to demonstrate their learning can produce content that is shareable and valuable. Their creations can be geared toward a specific audience and viewed outside of the classroom. The sense of purpose that students have as creators can be leveraged to increase engagement and get learners of all ages excited about content.
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The 7 Best STEM Resources in New England - 1 views
Clip-on Hydroponic Wall Garden - 0 views
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How to build a hydroponic wall garden.
Three Tools Students Can Use to Create 3D Models Online - 0 views
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This site summarizes how three different tools are used to create 3D models. Tools include: 123D Design, 3DTin, and Tinkercad.
7 Apps for Student Creators | Edutopia - 0 views
PlayMaker School - 0 views
Project Zero: Agency by Design - 0 views
What is a Makerspace? - 1 views
Cultivating Healthy Teams in Schools | Edutopia - 0 views
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Team members can identify the component of their mission that they're working toward and maintain a laser-like focus on it.
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Are Chandler's teachers easily able to identify what part of the mission they are working on? Have they been given an opportunity to participate in the crafting of this mission?
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A team that operates within a school should be aligned to that school's vision, mission, goals, and strategic plans. This could be considered vertical alignment of efforts. Teams also need to align horizontally -- what one team does needs to complement another team's work.
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What piece of our school's vision are we working toward? Which components of our mission are we upholding? Which of our long-term or annual goals are we contributing to? What specifically will this team need to do in order to move our school forward on its vision and goals?
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STEM Curriculum Resources by Dr. Wesley Fryer - 1 views
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Lots of resources here for STEM with a focus on fourth and fifth grade.
Pixar In A Box Teaches Math Through Real Animation Challenges | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views
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The article summarizes how Pixar has released videos with Khan Academy to show the math behind animation. In two cases, there are interactive features the students can play with.
Educator Innovator | Educator Innovator - 0 views
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Ideas on different ways to view making through the lens of the humanities. Projects ideas in here though many would need to be adapted for Chandler.
Bigshot: Fun - Buildables - Buzzer - 0 views
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How to make your own buzzer from fairly low tech materials.
Hackaday | Fresh hacks every day - 0 views
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Gives ideas on how to engineer new machines from old parts and new parts.
Forces and Motions Lesson - 0 views
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These four lessons come from Trash for Teaching and have students use ziplines and car design to understand forces and motion.
TED | TED Prize | SOLE Toolkit - 0 views
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Sugata Mitra's framework for creating self-organized learning environments.
Kids Fun Online: Interactive Weather Maker - 0 views
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This is an interactive site whereby students can learn how different elements affect weather patterns.
What's Up with STEM for 2015? | MiddleWeb - 0 views
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Remember, STEM as originally conceived is intended to get kids up to speed on science and math using an engineering design approach, emphasizing teamwork and real-world problems.
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This is a great summary.
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STEM lessons don’t necessarily teach the specific content in math and science – they may apply content that has already been taught. The key point is whether a STEM program applies math and science concepts to solve an engineering challenge and provide students with opportunities to integrate learning.
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At first glance, it appears that deciding what a STEM program should look like is an ongoing conundrum for the K-12 education world.
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