Picture a first-grade classroom, maybe even your own. Kids are gathered around the sand table, exploring the sand, letting the grains run between their fingers. The teacher passes out some props-marbles, rulers, boxes and cups-and lets students explore freely for a few minutes.
STEM Integration in K-12 Education examines current efforts to connect the STEM disciplines in K-12 education. This report identifies and characterizes existing approaches to integrated STEM education, both in formal and after- and out-of-school settings.
What STEM is not: Not a process for creaming academically sound students Not Criterion for a program application Not a magnet or signature school label It is a shift of real energy and real resources towards collaboration and interconnectivity What STEM should be: 100% Students + 100% Staff Interconnected (Just
Educators have been called upon to put into practice the integrated instruction of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. State and national organizations encourage you to educate STEM literate students who collaborate and solve real-world problems utilizing inquiry-based materials. Delta Education is an industry leader in providing hands-on, inquiry-based curricula and technologies K-12.
Teachers.Net features free History lesson plans. History printables, History worksheets, and more. Free teaching materials and educational resources for History teachers.
They list more teaching strategies geared towards middle school age group of English Language Learners and disabilities. I feel they could be adjusted for the elementary level as well.
Thorough site with TPACK resources for all grade levels and teachers
SITE Conference 2008 Keynote Videos Thinking Creatively: Teachers as Designers of Content, Technology and Pedagogy by Punya Mishra and Matthew J. Koehler **Video 1** - 9:12 minutes **Video 2** - 9:28 minutes **Video 3** - 9:37 minutes **Video 4** - 9:11 minutes **Video 5** - 5:54 minutes //Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge// by Punya Mishra and Matthew J.