New in 2020!Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing demand for STEM instruction? If so, this is the book for you. It’s a guide to creating coherent, high-quality classroom materials that make standards and STEM work together in ways that are both effective for learning and practical for teaching.
The author of
STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units is thought leader and curriculum expert Rodger W. Bybee. He wrote it to be useful for individual teachers, professional learning communities, and professional developers. The book offers explicit directions for how these different groups can use the book’s background information and activities at each step of developing a standards-based STEM unit. Book sections discuss the following:
• Making decisions about selecting, adapting, and developing STEM materials
• Getting started with preliminary unit designs
• Improving your design with new knowledge and skills
• Developing your STEM unit
• Teaching and improving your unit
Throughout the book, Bybee draws on contemporary educational strategies such as the 5E Instructional Model, backward design, and lesson study.
“Because most states have new science standards, it only makes sense to incorporate various aspects of those standards in STEM activities,” Bybee writes.
STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units can help you do this, whether your school is developing a new STEM program, adapting current instructional materials, or creating new materials of its own.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1: Using This Book: An Introduction and Guide
PART I
Your Leadership for STEM Units
Introduction
Chapter 2: Introducing a Vision for High-Quality Units
Chapter 3: Establishing a Plan of Action for High-Quality Units
Conclusion
PART II
Making Decisions About Selecting, Adapting, and Developing STEM Materials
Introduction
Chapter 4: Clarifying and Assessing the Choices for Instructional Materials
Chapter 5: Recommendations for Selecting and Adapting STEM Materials
Conclusion
PART III
Beginning the Design of a STEM Unit
Introduction
Chapter 6: An Initial Engagement: Preparing a Preliminary Design
Chapter 7: Exploring the Design of a Unit
Conclusion
PART IV
Contemporary Ideas for High Quality STEM Units
Introduction
Chapter 8: Innovations and STEM Education
Chapter 9: How Students Learn STEM Content
Chapter 10: 21st Century Skills and STEM Units
Chapter 11: STEM Practices
Chapter 12: Civil Discourse in STEM Classrooms
Conclusion
PART V
Practical Recommendations for Completing Your Unit Design
Introduction
Chapter 13: Use Backward Design
Chapter 14: Use an Instructional Model
Chapter 15: Complete Your Unit Design
Conclusion
PART VI
Developing A STEM Unit
Introduction
Chapter 16: Science and Engineering in Standards and the Curriculum
Chapter 17: Planning, Conducting, and Communicating Investigations
Chapter 18: Principles and Processes for Curriculum Development
Chapter 19: What Does One Look Like in Practice?
Chapter 20: Developing Your STEM Unit
Conclusion
PART VII
Implementing Your STEM Unit
Introduction
Chapter 21: Planning Lesson Study for Your STEM Unit
Chapter 22: Lesson Study: Teaching, Reviewing, and Improving Your STEM Unit
Conclusion
Afterword
Index