"STEM road map for elementary school. Grade 2" Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
About the editors and authors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: The STEM road map: Background, theory, and practice. Overview of the STEM road map curriculum series. Standards-based approach -- Themes in the STEM road map curriculum series -- The need for an integrated STEM approach -- Framework for STEM integration in the classroom -- The need for the STEM road map curriculum series -- References -- Strategies used in the STEM road map curriculum series. Project- and problem-based learning -- Engineering design process -- Learning cycle -- STEM research notebook -- The role of assessment in the STEM road map curriculum series -- Self-regulated learning theory in the STEM road map modules -- Safety in STEM -- References -- Part 2: Investigating environmental changes: STEM road map model. Investigating environmental changes module overview. Module summary -- Established goals and objectives -- Challenge or problem for students to solve: Outdoor STEM classroom design challenge -- Content standards addressed in this STEM road map module -- STEM research notebook -- Module launch -- Prerequisite skills for the module -- Potential STEM misconceptions -- SRL process components -- Strategies for differentiating instruction within this module -- Desired outcomes and monitoring success -- Assessment plan overview and map -- Module timeline -- Resources -- References -- Investigating environmental changes lesson plans. Lesson plan 1: Let's explore environmental changes over time! -- Lesson plan 2: Planning our outdoor STEM classroom -- Lesson plan 3: Outdoor STEM classroom design challenge -- Transforming learning wiht investigating environmental changes and the STEM road map curriculum series -- Appendix A: STEM research notebook templates -- Appendix B: Assessment rubrics -- Appendix C: Content standards addressed in this module -- Index.
Summary:
What if you could challenge your second graders to design an outdoor STEM classroom with a butterfly garden, birdbath, and sundial? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Investigating Environmental Changes outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. As are the other volumes in the series, this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K 12 classrooms. This interdisciplinary module uses project- and problem-based learning to help young children make discoveries about a range of natural and human-created phenomena. Building the outdoor classroom will help students learn about changes in the natural environment that are associated with the Earth s movement around the Sun, including plant and animal life cycles. They will draw on life, Earth and environmental science, the engineering design process, mathematics, and English language arts to do the following: Develop a proposal for their outdoor classroom using persuasive language. Devise a data collection plan to analyze environmental changes over time. Explore local weather patterns and make connections among the patterns, seasons, and plant life cycles. Learn about recycling, including sorting and tracking recycled materials. Create works of fiction incorporating their outdoor STEM classroom. The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. In-depth and flexible, Investigating Environmental Changes can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM approach. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
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