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Testing Explanations of Cause and Effect
Staff use purposeful questions to help youth build on what they know and dig deeper to develop their own understanding of cause and effect.
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Learning from Failure
Lemond uses questions to help youth learn from failure during an engineering design challenge.
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Design a Grape Smasher
Staff support active learning as learners devise a plan to smash a grape using simple machines and explore the different materials available.
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Making Meaning from STEM Learning
To make STEM experiences meaningful, youth need to make the STEM learning personal. Staff use “provocations” and “plussing” to challenge youth to think of new ideas based on what they have discovered while creating an object that can fly out of a wind tunnel.
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Teens Lead in 4-H Computer Science
4-H experiences help teens develop a wide variety of interests and skills, including leadership. These teen leaders use their skills to lead computer science experiences and build meaningful relationships and help young people see themselves as computer scientists.
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Explaining a Variety of STEM Careers
Dagen discusses the many careers that connect to the Incredible Wearables Challenge to expose youth to potential careers.
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Connecting Real-World Skills to Career Roles
Dagen connects the skills youth use with the career role they selected during the challenge.
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Bringing in the Experts
Facilitators of STEM activities can help youth connect to STEM careers by providing opportunities to introduce STEM professionals to youth.
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Trying out Career Roles
Watch as staff members Katie and Molly make connections to a variety of STEM Careers throughout the selected activity and explore strategies for strengthening your own practice in this area.