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Teaching STEM From Your Toy Box. Rachel Harrington, PhD 2014 SPELL Conference Western Oregon University April 4, 2014. Svetlana and Tudor. Well, they need to learn how to argue in Russian. Math class is the best way to teach them to argue. . Agenda . Station 1 (20 mins )
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Teaching STEM From Your Toy Box Rachel Harrington, PhD 2014 SPELL Conference Western Oregon University April 4, 2014
Svetlana and Tudor Well, they need to learn how to argue in Russian. Math class is the best way to teach them to argue.
Agenda Station 1 (20 mins) Debrief (10 mins) Station 2 (20 mins) Debrief (10 mins) Group Choice Time(20 mins) Closing
STEM Stations Station 1 & 2—Gears Station 3—Angry Birds Station 4—Toy Sort About the activities….
Reflect Each of these previous represents a different aspect of STEM. Which is which? Is there value in doing the tasks separately (only doing the math task, for example)? What value is added by doing them all together? What ESOL objectives were hidden in this activity?
Reflect Each of these previous 4 tasks represents a different aspect of STEM. Which is which? Is there value in doing the tasks separately (only doing the math task, for example)? What value is added by doing them all together? What ESOL objectives were hidden in this activity?
Choice Time Lesson Planning Guide Read Guide Think About our Lesson Sketch a Lesson Using One Station Toy Sort Activity Magniformers Explore the Magniformers Design a 4-task activity that works for this tool What ESOL objectives are present in your design? Framework for Analyzing Word Problems Read Framework Look at Example Analyze our Tasks
Resources Toys: Gears! Gears! Gears! Wacky Factory in a Bucket Special Edition Angry Birds: Birds in Space Game Magformers Print Resources: Simple Machines: http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html Celedon-Pattichis, S. & Ramirez, N.G. (2012). Beyond Good Teaching: Advancing Mathematics Education for ELLs. NCTM. Reston, VA.
Questions? Rachel Harrington harringr@wou.edu