Exploring Materials
As you watch the video:
- Notice how the facilitator introduces the materials youth will be using.
- Watch for strategies you can use to help youth explore.
- Listen to how youth talk about the materials.
Now that you’ve watched the video, reflect on what you saw.
- What strategies would you like to use to encourage youth to explore materials?
- How can you set up engineering activities so youth are able to explore and select materials?
Explore Engineering Practices
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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.
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Group Collaboration
Collaboration is an effective strategy to increase STEM learning especially when it happens during group work. Watch an experienced frontline staff member lead groups in the re-design process using group collaboration.
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Learning To Fail
See how staff help youth learn from their failed attempts to build a grape smasher and help them revise and improve the designs.