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Engineering is Elementary. STEMstitute – June 24, 2014 Presented by the Clermont County Gifted Program Fay Wagner, Gifted Intervention Specialist Bethel-Tate, CNE, and Williamsburg Local School Districts in Partnership with the Clermont Co. ESC. The Clermont County Gifted STEM program.
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Engineering is Elementary STEMstitute– June 24, 2014 Presented by the Clermont County Gifted Program Fay Wagner, Gifted Intervention Specialist Bethel-Tate, CNE, and Williamsburg Local School Districts in Partnership with the Clermont Co. ESC
The Clermont County Gifted STEM program • Our Mission: To develop a program that challenges students toward rigorous learning by blending virtual learning with face-to-face lessons
our philosophy… • 21st Century Skills (The 4 Cs) – Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Creativity • Mark Edwards (author of Every Child, Every Day) – Drivers of Student Engagement: instruction must be relevant, collaborative, personalized, and connected. • Beers & Probst (authors of Notice and Note) – “…rigor does not reside in the barbell, but in the act of lifting it.” Students should be engaged, observant, responsive, questioning, and analytical. • Carol Dweck (author of The New Psychology of Success) - Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset • Jim Stigler – Struggle for Smarts
Leonardo da vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering…that kind of unity is needed once again. -Ben Shneiderman
what is technology? WHAT DO ENGINEERS DO?
The new science processes…Where does engineering fit? Grades 5-8: • Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations • Design and conduct a scientific investigation • Use appropriate mathematics, tools and techniques to gather data and information • Analyze and interpret data • Develop descriptions, models, explanations and predictions • Think critically and logically to connect evidence and explanations • Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions • Communicate scientific procedures and explanations Grades K-4: • Observe and ask questions about the natural environment • Plan and conduct simple investigations • Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses • Use appropriate mathematics with data to construct reasonable explanations; • Communicate about observations, investigations and explanations; and • Review and ask questions about the observations and explanations of others
Engineering is elementary eie.org
Design parameters of the eie curriculum • Every unit uses a field of engineering as a unifying theme • Units can stand alone. You can use EiE units in any order • Lessons are flexible—they can be adapted for different grades/abilities • Lessons are scaffolded—they build logically to the final engineering design challenge • All activities use simple, inexpensive materials • The activities appeal to ALL students! • When combined with your teaching methods, the potential exists for some very high-level, problem-based learning.
EIE unit format: • Engage – The students are drawn to a challenge because it’s interesting and captures the imagination. • Explore - Students start to explore science and engineering principles through activities where they encounter problems or ask questions. • Explanation - Students describe what they think is happening. They’re ready to learn from their teacher AND their peers. • Elaboration - Students apply what they’ve learned to the engineering design challenge. • Evaluation – Students reflect on what they have learned.
Sample Unit 1 • An Alarming Idea – Electrical Engineering
Sample Unit 2 • Thinking Inside the Box – Plant Package Engineering
Sample Unit 3 • A Work in Process– Chemical Engineering
Let’s revisit the question…Where does engineering fit? Grades 5-8: • Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations • Design and conduct a scientific investigation • Use appropriate mathematics, tools and techniques to gather data and information • Analyze and interpret data • Develop descriptions, models, explanations and predictions • Think critically and logically to connect evidence and explanations • Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions • Communicate scientific procedures and explanations Grades K-4: • Observe and ask questions about the natural environment • Plan and conduct simple investigations • Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses • Use appropriate mathematics with data to construct reasonable explanations; • Communicate about observations, investigations and explanations; and • Review and ask questions about the observations and explanations of others
Happy Engineering! • Contact Information for Teachers: • Heather Frost-Hauck, Gifted Intervention Specialist: heatherfrost1@aol.com • Fay Wagner, Gifted Intervention Specialist: wagner_f@betheltate.org • Contact Information for Administrators or Professional Development Requests: • Amy Bain, Clermont County Gifted Coordinator: bain_a@ccesc.org
