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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Managing Conflict
Alex effectively resolves conflict between youth working on a team and helps them learn the skills to work together.
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Affirming Youth During Retesting
Watch as staff encourage youth to investigate how they designed their package, what did or didn’t work with their design, and how they might adapt for re-testing. Staff support youth’s abilities and encourage youth to work with their team and develop their own solutions for re-testing their designs.
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I Can Do STEM
“Watch experienced frontline staff members, Leslie and Shelly, use an engineering design challenge to help youth make a personal connection to Engineering.”