Posts about STEM/STEAM
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Congress Elementary Uses PBL in STEM Education to Inspire Students Part 1
The Problem As the first-grade teacher for inquisitive six-year-olds, Emily Morse is always looking for new projects to inspire her students. With a recent culture shift in her district to
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What is a Crosscutting Concept?
Crosscutting concepts are one of the three dimensions of science teaching and learning that are included in the performance expectations of the Next Generation Science Standards. In this post, I
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Assessments that Improve STEM Success
By Anne Jolly "Assessment should be deliberately designed to improve and educate student performance, not merely to audit as most school tests currently do." - Grant Wiggins You’
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5 Ideas for Preparing Students for the Future
Over the past year, there has been an increase in the discussion of how to prepare students for the future of work and the future of learning. With so many
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STEM Lessons Bridge the Gap Between Content Knowledge and Application
I have been teaching 7th-grade science for the past five years. Four years ago, I joined the staff at the Winkler Middle School in Concord, North Carolina. North Carolina is
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Project-Based Learning Tied to Improved Problem-Solving Skills
A new report on PBL shows elementary students who learned via PBL had higher math scores than peers who learned via traditional instruction. By Jackie Zubrzycki Elementary school students in
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Why an Ecosystem Approach Advances STEM Learning
Powerful learning does not happen in isolation. This is especially true for our students, which is why STEM learning is so critical. Learning within siloed subject areas does not allow
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Why Parents are Ideal STEM Partners
By Anne Jolly How can students continue to grow in STEM habits and attitudes through holidays, weekends, and even during the school day, given the relatively short time that STEM
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How Can Educators Nurture Innovators?
By Anne Jolly Kids are born creative, curious, and imaginative. They like to daydream and ask questions. Children you teach have the potential to make unusual connections, imagine, and come
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Engaging Students in the Early Grades: Why STEM Learning Works
I visited an early elementary classroom the other day where students were working on a design challenge. They were spread out across the classroom clustered in small groups. Some on
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