STEM
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, & MATHEMATICS
What is STEM? Why is it important?
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Using Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics to teach various concepts across the
curriculum.
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It is important because it provides students the
opportunity to learn curriculum in a different
way.
WHO ARE YOU?
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I am going to give you about 3 minutes to build anything
with the pieces you are given.
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Be prepared to talk for about 2-3 minutes about your
building.
How can I do it? What kind of learners
do we have?
 Think
 Let’s
outside the box!
think about differentiation vs.
individualized learning vs. personalized
learning????
Differentiation vs. Individualized vs.
Personalization
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Differentiation (HOW)– being aware of all student’s
learning styles
 flexibility
in instruction, assessment, and grouping
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Individualized (WHEN) – the speed at which student’s
learn, complete and/or work through curriculum
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Personalized (ALL OF THE ABOVE) – the combination of
differentiation and individualized
 Looking
at how your student’s learn and catering to the when,
where, and how to meet their needs.
How does this relate to STEM?
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Through STEM activities you have the opportunity
to see more personalized education
 Collaborative
 Student
hands-on projects
creativity in the classroom
 Increased
critical thinking skills
USEFUL LINKS
 www.newsela.com
 An
online article database that allows you to
choose a lexile score for your students .
 Use
in any content area
 Completely
differentiated
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Newsela.com
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BRGZL
SPARKNOTES
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http://www.sparknotes.com/
The Outsiders Essay Topics
WHO LOVES LEGOS?
“EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!”
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Using Legos to learn math & color
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1 red block + 1 red block = 2 red blocks
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3 blue blocks + 3 yellow blocks = 6 blocks, but
yellow and blue make green
LEGO in LARGER SCALE
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Build a city or any type of architecture and then write
about it. (fine arts, math, engineering, language arts)
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Incorporating the scale drawings per mathematics, and
then fine arts for the design along with language arts to
write about it (math, art, engineering and design,
language arts)
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Elementary level – make a multi-color shape and write a
sentence about your shape (math, art, language arts)
STEM IN ART (STEAM)
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STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
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Using consumables to construct (wire to construct
architecture)
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ART uses this all the time.
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Art could be used throughout all curriculums.
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Example:
 Visual
demonstration of the solar system (engineering by
building
 math
by using scale modeling (actual construction)
Microsoft Auto Collage
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Have students take pictures of their art work and
incorporate it in a collage
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Incorporate writing across the curriculum by writing a
paragraph description about the various types of art that
are shown on the collage
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Open up a Word Document through One Drive (office 365)
online and have students make comments at the same
time.
ART MADE FROM OBJECTS
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http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-art-of-legos/9/
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http://artiswhatiteach.blogspot.com/2011/11/6th-gradefrank-stella-protractor.html
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http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/2014/05/math-artbook-project-shapes.html
Your Turn!
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You will each be given a few peel apart Twizzlers.
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Create a design, shape, your name, letter, etc… out of the
Twizzlers you are given.
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(Students) Write 3-5 sentences about your creation. You
could even include for them to write step by step
instructions on what they did, so someone else could
follow them.
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Could be used in math for shapes, science, art, technology
for building, language arts to write about creation.
Occurs CROSS-CURRICULAR
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Taking pictures of visual demonstrations or models, and
then making a movie or skit to present to the class
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Recording class demonstrations
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we recorded the students reciting the keys of the keyboard
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This way they can play it back to help them study
Using hands-on manipulatives (not just electronic
manipulatives) to teach concepts
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Discussions on “how can this be used in science?”
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Discussions on “what kind of math skills are you using today?

Need my robot to go 1 meter
Example Lesson - Business
Learning the keys of the keyboard
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Students write an ACROSTIC for each row
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We write rows in order on the board and students have the ability
to take a picture using their BYLD device to keep a copy
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We recite the keys in class and the students record themselves
(the whole class) saying the keyboard keys to help them remember
it.
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We play back some of their recordings to make sure they are clear
to use for studying.
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Students also construct a keyboard design of their choice. They
get to make a keyboard through electronic programs (paint or
PowerPoint) or hands-on using folders or construction paper
Example Lesson - Math
LEGO MATH
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You could use the different colored Legos to show students addition,
subtraction, fractions to name a few
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Give students a set of LEGO blocks (could be 2 colors or more, or just random)
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Have them build something within a few minutes (doesn’t matter what they
build)
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Then have them add up a certain color and then they could put it in a table
to see the comparison between the colors
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They could then look at ratios based on how many of each color they had
compared to the total.
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You could then relate this to other objects, like M&M’s, pieces of pizza, etc…
Example Lesson – Social Studies
http://flyingclassroom.com/ - Captain Irvin’s around the world travel
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Follow him as he travels through 16 land, air, and sea expeditions.
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Students can be put into groups and research each of the areas of
Captain Irvin’s expeditions to find out various information (population,
terrain, demographic information, etc…)
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Include science aspect dealing with terrain and climate and what type
of vegetation occurs there along with any living organisms.
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Create an advertisement video about that location and include facts
from Captain Irvin’s expedition.
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Make it a jig saw by putting students into groups, and then have the
groups present while students fill out a graphic organizer.
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Create a graphic organizer for the students to fill out as each group
presents their thoughts.
EXAMPLE LESSON ART (STEAM)
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Have students take pictures of their drawings and upload
them to create an AutoCollage.
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The class can them analyze the collage and write their
reflective thoughts of the content covered and the actual
images
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Narrate a movie with comments and/or
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Use real life materials (wires, metals, etc…) to construct a
piece of art.
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Including digital and CAD design software to construct models
Example Lesson – Social Studies
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United States
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Each student could pre responsible for coloring in a
picture of a state along with labeling the capital.
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You could either take a picture of each student holding
the picture and/or make a short recording of the student
saying their state and capital.
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Then you could insert them into moviemaker to make a
class video of the states and record to make a song.
Example Lesson - Science
Force and Friction
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Students could watch different cars move across different
surfaces.
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Then, compare how different shoes react across the different
surface.
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Explain force and friction to the class and ask students through
various levels of questioning “why, why, why, why, why, does this
happen?”
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Students could write an analysis explaining why this occurs, and
then have then create a visual example (moviemaker, iXplain)

They could then build an object that can move across a surface
(robot, balloon car, etc…)
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Have students pick a surface and calculate velocity
Example Lesson – Language Arts
Writing

incorporate grammar through writing.
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Construct a model or use from another class and write about that topic.
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Writing is the easiest component to include
Video Conferencing
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FACETIME, SKYPE, or LYNC
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Use within the class.
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Students in ISS, need Modifications, Special Needs, etc…

Contact other teachers in the county to set up sessions.
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Have students share what they are doing?
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Prepare questions and/or observe lessons.
Common Core Quest APP
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ITUNES - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id913473578?mt=8
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ANDROID - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opened.ccquest
What to do now?
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Think about current lessons you have
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How can you incorporate STEM concepts with those
lessons?
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What can you tweak or change on an entry level without
revamping your whole lesson?
Example
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Learning the Parts of Speech
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Make a PowerPOint
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Save it as an IMAGE (JPEG)
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Import into MovieMaker
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Narrate a catchy tune or have the class sing a song or something about the parts of
speech
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Create a movie to show them that they have helped create