TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
EDUCATION
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING?
“I skate to where the puck is going, not to where
its been”
• Preparing students for the future
• College and Career Ready
• Creating valuable world citizens to solve
tomorrows problems
• EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES
• Impact the future
Viewing tomorrow’s issues
Through the lens of yesterday
FARM
Agrarian
FACTORY
IDEAS!
Industrial
Knowledge
FROM THE FUTURE
Plan
Education for the Future
Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
STEM
FOSTERING INQUIRY AND
INNOVATION
Domains of Knowledge
• Impact the future and transform communities
Technologies
Sciences
Humanities
Formal Knowledge
Technology & Engineering
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Boosts the economy
Generates Jobs
Turns ideas into enterprises
Sustains competitiveness
Creates wealth
Promotes Prosperity
FUTUNATELY WE ARE IN MARYLAND
Higher Thinking
3rd
2nd
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Impact the future and transform
communities
INTEGRATION
TRANSFORMATION
NANO
Info
BIO
INFORMATION
Scientific Method
State the question
Develop hypothesis
Create an experiment
Conduct the
experiment
Observe
Gather Data
Draw inferences
Build theory
Replicate Research
Engineering Design
Process
Identify a problem
Gather ideas and
research
Design
Engineer
Invent/ innovate
Test
Refine
Communicate
solutions
How Do we Teach this Effectively?
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5/6 E Lesson Plans
Team Development
Student ownership
Excited to Learn
Keeping it real
Where the Crazies live
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Engagement
Exploration
Explanation
Extension
Evaluation
Enrichment*