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Supporting the STEM Initiative With Secondary Students

Supporting the STEM Initiative With Secondary Students. Elana Slagle AIAA Chair, STEM K-12 Outreach emslagle@gmail.com. What Is STEM Education?. Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Inquiry/Project/Reform-based learning Integrates Other Skills: Critical Thinking Problem Solving

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Supporting the STEM Initiative With Secondary Students

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  1. Supporting the STEM Initiative With Secondary Students Elana Slagle AIAA Chair, STEM K-12 Outreach emslagle@gmail.com

  2. What Is STEM Education? • Science, Technology, Engineering, Math • Inquiry/Project/Reform-based learning • Integrates Other Skills: • Critical Thinking • Problem Solving • Collaboration • Team Building • Innovation

  3. Bloom’s Taxonomy Evaluation STEM Education Synthesis

  4. Why Should STEM be Important to Me? • ________ of U.S. high school graduates have the mathematics and science proficiency required to begin pursuing an engineering degree. 15%

  5. Why Should STEM be Important to Me? • _____ percent of STEM majors switch after their first year in college.1 35% • _____ of U.S. college freshmen who enter engineering programs do not graduate with an engineering degree. 2 50%

  6. What Is INFOhio? • Virtual library of FREE resources for K-12 teachers and students in Ohio • Contains: • Books • Magazines • Maps/ Timelines • Biographies • Encyclopedias • Audio Clips • Video Clips • Newspaper Articles

  7. How Can I Access INFOhio? • From School- automatically from any school or library computer within Ohio • From Home- username and password • Changes every 2 years (2010- 2012) • Ask school media specialist for current password

  8. How can INFOhio help support the STEM Initiative?

  9. Resource Overview • KnowItNow • ipl2 For Kids • Ohio Resource Center • Research Project Calculator • World Book Advanced • Digital Video Library

  10. KnowItNow

  11. ipl2 for Kids

  12. Ohio Resource Center (ORC)

  13. Research Project Calculator

  14. World Book Advanced

  15. Digital Video Collection

  16. Thank You! Elana Slagle emslagle@gmail.com

  17. Resources • The Overlooked STEM Imperative: Technology and Engineering K-12 Education. International Technology Education Association, 2009. Print. • The STEM Monograph Series: Attributes of STEM Education. Teaching Institute for Essential Science, 2006. Print. • INFOhio http://www.infohio.org • Ohio Academic Content Standards http://www.ode.state.oh.us • Ohio STEM Learning Network http://www.osln.org/

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