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STEM Education in Maryland

Explore core beliefs of STEM education, integrate various subjects, and apply the engineering design process. Learn about STEM careers in engineering and compare engineering with science.

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STEM Education in Maryland

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  1. STEM Education in Maryland EEA 2012 – Middle School STEM Day 3 Content Session

  2. Day 2, PM: Offsite Project Instructions • Choose one of the following… • Use the STEM 5E Lesson Plan Template to create a STEM centric lesson to add to one of the unit seeds presented. • Use the STEM Unit Plan Template to develop a STEM unit outline based in your content area. • Use the e-portfolio instructions and exemplar presented to create an e-portfolio for your students to reflect on their STEM experiences in middle school.

  3. DAY 3 Warm Up Three Step Interview Cooperative structure that helps participants listen to, appreciate and learn from the ideas and thinking of others as they share information.

  4. STEM – Day ThreeOutcomes for STEM Participants Participants will: • develop an understanding of the Core Beliefs of STEM Education in Maryland. • understand how the “E” in STEM could be incorporated in classroom instruction. • practice using the engineering design process as a model for including the “E” in STEM.

  5. STEM Information Overload? STEM Focus!

  6. Common Perceptions in STEM Education • Stem – Science rigor is stressed with a connection to engineering and math as appropriate. Scientific tools (technology) are used as an aid to develop science understanding. • sTEm – Technology and Engineering rigor is stressed with an application of science and math as appropriate. • steM – Math rigor is stressed with a connection to science as appropriate. Technology is used as an aid to develop mathematics understanding.

  7. Core Beliefs of STEM Education Core Belief 1: STEM Education integrates all four contents of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and promotes application of this integration in other content areas.

  8. Core Beliefs of STEM Education Core Belief 2: STEM Education is rooted in problem and project-based pedagogy where students answer complex questions, investigate global issues, and develop solutions for challenges and real world problems.

  9. Core Beliefs of STEM Education Core Belief 3: The goal of STEM Education in Maryland is to increase access to learning that prepares students for post-secondary study and the 21st century workforce.

  10. S T E M Rigor in all four subjects This aligns with the goals of the Common Core Curriculum.

  11. E Engineering: What is the ? “ Engineering is the profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with judgment to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.” (William C. Oakes, 2006)

  12. STEM Career in Focus: Engineering Engineers can do anything! Engineering Education Service Center http://www.engineeringedu.com

  13. STEM Career in Focus: Engineering • Can you draw a connection between the STEM Standards of Practice and the STEM career of Engineering? • Did you note any strategies that middle school students could employ to begin to prepare for a career as an engineer?

  14. How do Engineering and Science Compare? Similar: “ Engineering and science are similar in that both involve creative processes, and neither uses just one method. And just as scientific investigation has been defined in different ways, engineering design has been described in various ways.” (National Research Council, 2012)

  15. How do Engineering and Science Compare? Different: The scientist searches for answers to questions to obtain a knowledge of why a phenomenon occurs. The engineer also searches for answers to questions, but always with an application in mind. (William C. Oakes, 2006)

  16. Engineering Functions “Engineering is sometimes thought of as applied science, but engineering is far more. The essence of engineering is DESIGN and making things happen for the benefit of humanity.” (William C. Oakes, 2006)

  17. STEM Education E So, What is the in STEM Education? Engineering Design Process

  18. A Model of the Engineering Design Process • STEM modules • Students employ the EDP to design solutions to real world problems or issues. • Contact: inspires@umbc.edu “A Collaborative Project between the University of Maryland Baltimore County and University of Maryland School of Medicine. Funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation.”

  19. A Model of the Engineering Design Process INSPIRES: http://130.85.11.37/imd/default.aspx

  20. Identify and Define the Problem • Establish the actual problem clearly • Identify sources of information to help understand the scope and nature of the problem • Restate the problem you are solving in your own words. • Establish preliminary goals or success criteria which will provide a means to compare possible solutions during the design process.

  21. Research and Brainstorm • Is there a solution to the problem that may already be available? • Is there a solution to a similar problem that could be modified to meet the goals of the current problem? • Creatively develop as many potential solutions to the problem as possible. • No idea is eliminated from consideration.

  22. Select the Best Solution • Examine the list and eliminate duplicates. • Allow the team to ask clarifying questions. • Ask the team to evaluate the ideas.

  23. Model the Solution (Prototype) • Mathematical Models – relate conditions and properties as functions; may use computes to assist in visualizing the changing parameters. • Scale Models – may not include all of the features or functions; useful for visualizing the actual product. • Diagrams or graphs – tool for visualizing (e.g. electrical circuit diagrams, system graphs)

  24. Evaluate the Solution • Test the solution against the established goals/criteria established in the first step of the engineering design process. • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed solution.

  25. Communicate • Methods of communication include detailed written reports, technical presentations, diagrams, drawings and sketches, computer printouts, charts, and graphs.

  26. A Model of the EDP INSPIRES: http://130.85.11.37/imd/default.aspx

  27. Activity: Float Your Marbles! Design Challenge

  28. Reflection/Feedback

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