Mon, Feb 05, 2024 9:45 AM in Favorite Science Topic
Anything to do with physics. There are several reasons for this:
1.) they can innitative an action on their own without adult help
2.) the result of their action is immediate (physics, not a teacher, will inform them if their idea is right or wrong)
3.) the result of their action is immediate
4.) there is something to vary.
I'm posting some links to free resources that have wor...
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Fri, Sep 10, 2021 9:14 AM in Gender in the STEM world
Dakota, I like what you had to say about elementary classrooms. You advocated for "incorporating more STEM activities but leave the curious minds of students to make some decisions on their own and possibly explore some of the activities and things they may be interested." Shaping the brain architecture with STEM thinking and engineering habits of mind should occur in the primary grades...
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Sun, Dec 07, 2014 10:31 PM in Time for science
When I taught first grade, I integrated STEM and had STEM centers alongside the literacy centers where I provided open-ended materials for children to investigate force and motion, energy, and life science concepts. The children's investigations in the STEM centers allowed many opportunities for language experience activities where children the children's quest for knowledge led to an intrinsic de...
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