Developing Skills Needed for Active STEM Learning
Staff Development Guide
Coaching Situation: Coaching (one-on-one)
Length: 15 minutes
Objectives: Participants will reflect on their facilitation to learn to get youth actively engaged in STEM learning.
Agenda:
- Reflecting on Your Practice – 5 minutes
- Embracing Active STEM Learning Self-Reflection
- See the Skill in Action – 5 minutes
- Designing a Grape Smasher Video-Based Learning Module
- Setting Goals – 5 minutes
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Exploring a STEM Identity
Participants will develop strategies to support emerging STEM identities using the Building for the Big One activity.
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Using Models
Participants will demonstrate the importance of models when trying to answer questions, draw conclusions and develop solutions in engineering.
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Connecting to Prior Knowledge with an Idea Walk
Participants will do an idea walk in order to add more opportunities for youth to connect their prior knowledge to STEM activities.