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Literacy & STEM 3-5
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Stephanie Finley
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What is one of the BIGGEST challenges for elementary teachers?
Prep!
The BIG Shift!
The BIG Shift!
BIG shift in student performance—thinking, problem solving, analyzing, building, and testing
Student centered & teacher facilitated
Identify
& Ask Questions
Answer Questions Through Scientific Investigation
Design & Conduct Investigations
Think Critically & Logically to Analyze & Interpret Data
Integrate STEM to Solve Problems
The Interdisciplinary Method
The Interdisciplinary Method
Science/STEM
English
Reading
Most importantly...
Engineering
Use the EDP!
ASK
IMAGINE
PLAN
CREATE
IMPROVE
PRESENT
Take Aways:
- How to incorporate english & reading into your science/STEM lessons
- A new way to teach students problem solving & still cover your standards!!!
- Two complete lessons you can take back and use in your classroom ASAP!
- A resource Padlet with shared documents
3rd Grade
If I Built a Car Challenge
SPI 0307.Inq.1 Select an investigation that could be used to answer a specific question.
SPI 0307.11.1 Identify how the direction of a moving object is changed by an applied force.
SPI 0307.11.2 Demonstrate how changing the mass affects a balanced system.
3rd Grade
Creature Features Challenge
SPI 0307.5.1 Investigate an organism’s characteristics and evaluate how these features enable it to survive in a particular environment.
SPI 0307.5.2 Investigate populations of different organisms and classify them as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
4th Grade
Batteries Included Challenge
SPI 0407.12.3 Determine the path of an electrical current in a simple circuit.
4th Grade
Problem Solvers Challenge
SPI 0407.Inq.1 Select an investigation that could be used to answer a specific question.
SPI 0407.T/E.1 Select a tool, technology, or invention that was used to solve a human problem.
SPI 0407.T/E.2 Recognize the connection between a scientific advance and the development of a new tool or technology.
5th Grade
Oil Spill! Challenge
SPI 0507.Inq.1 Select an investigation that could be used to answer a specific question.
SPI 0507.T/E.1 Select a tool, technology, or invention that was used to solve a human problem.
SPI 0507.2.1 Describe the different types of nutritional relationships that exist among organisms.
5th Grade
Land Transformation Challenge
SPI 0507.Inq.1 Select an investigation that could be used to answer a specific question.
SPI 0507.2.3 Use information about the impact of human actions or natural disasters on the environment to support a simple hypothesis, make a prediction, or draw a conclusion.
Contact Info. & Resources
Email: finleys@rcschools.net
Twitter: @RCS_STEM
Cell: 615-554-8875
Office: 615-893-5815 ext. 22092 (CO) or 22860 (HOS)
Prezi:
http://tinyurl.com/lit-stemprezi
Literacy & STEM Padlet:
http://tinyurl.com/lit-stempadlet