Learning To Fail
As you watch the video:
- Notice how the facilitators respond when the machines don’t work.
- Listen for strategies you can use to help youth learn from failure.
- Look for strategies that encourage perseverance.
Now that you’ve watched the video, reflect on what you saw.
- What strategies would you like to use to encourage youth learn failure?
- What strategies would you like to use to encourage perseverance?
Explore Engineering Practices
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Linking My Experiences to Societal Needs
Watch as Gauri, the frontline staff member, helps the youth connect the activity to prior knowledge, experiences and societal needs and strategize how you might do this as well.
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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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Real-World Application Of Skills
Providing real-world application of the skills of an engineer is an important strategy when developing a STEM identity in youth. Watch and listen for the challenges youth are given to think deeper and try to solve problems using redesign.