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This presentation needs to be customised before use. See particularly slides 13, 14, and 15. Nuffield STEM Futures. Sustainable Futures. Nuffield 11-14 cross-curricular STEM topic S cience • T echnology • E ngineering • M athematics. Why teach integrated STEM in the classroom?.
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This presentation needs to be customised before use. See particularly slides 13, 14, and 15
Sustainable Futures Nuffield 11-14 cross-curricular STEM topic Science • Technology • Engineering • Mathematics
Why teach integrated STEM in the classroom? • Outside of schools STEM disciplines interact • The disciplines themselves are not fixed and have changed over time • Pupils need to be able to make decisions and choices based on a number of different types of evidence • STEM disciplines share many key common areas of interest • STEM subjects require many common skills
Futures Nuffield cross-curricular STEM Futures uses the theme of sustainability, and challenges pupils to consider key environmental issues
The model Pupils will be challenged to address sustainability by engaging with a closed loop economy model.
Futures pods (modules) Pod 1 Introduction (3 hours) - What is the problem? How can we solve it? Pod 2 Cars (5 hours skill development) Pod 3 Waste (5 hours skill development) Pod 4 Climate change (5 hours skill development) Pod 5 Pupil project (10 hours individual project work)
How does Futures meet our needs? • Engages and motivates learners • Cross-curricular learning about sustainable development • Meets curriculum needs in subject areas beyond STEM • Develops personal, learning and thinking skills • Develops functional skills • Helps pupils to become independent learners • Provides a framework for project work • Provides opportunities for Assessment for Learning • Meets aspects of Every Child Matters
What are the Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills? • Independent enquirers • Creative thinkers • Reflective learners • Team workers • Self-managers • Effective participators
What type of learners? Pupils who: • can explain the role of STEM disciplines in a range of authentic interdisciplinary applications • can access and apply the appropriate skills and STEM knowledge and understanding to a range of challenges and questions • make choices about further study of STEM subjects
How? Proposal: Run Futures with these pupils ……………………….……….. Run Futures during these dates ……………………..……….. Managed by ……………………………………………………..…….. Delivered by………………………………………………………..……
Proposed model for instance Introduction – one afternoon – date ………….…… ‘Cars’ pod – one full day in activities week ………
Actions such as: People to involve …………………………………………. CPD time ………………………………………………………. Planning time ……………………………………………….. Room ……………….…………………………………………… Resources ………………………………………………………