S.T.E.M stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These concepts are part of interdisciplinary teaching that students learn. Students do not have to learn through separate subjects because incorporates all those subjects that would help students become more skilled in STEM careers. According to a report by STEMconnector.org, jobs will be available for 8.65 million people who has at least have a four-year degree in STEM related skills. As the qualified teachers we are going to be, we have to prepare the students for the future and inspire the students to create innovation.
How can we implement S.T.E.M using iPads in the classroom?
It does not hurt to start early implementing S.T.E.M in the curriculum. Students who are in pre-kindergarten are ready to be engaged in learning and it is not hard to come with up a STEM lesson. It just takes time to plan it as well getting the materials for it. The early that we teach STEM to the students we could create more critical thinkers and better prepared students. We have to explicit teach the students how to ask meaningful questions in order for them to guide their own learning. STEM is basically learning and always improving when the outcome did not result as expected. For example, a young student building tall structure with leggo blocks. The student have to think critically on what needs to be done different so that the structure would not fall again.
Visit this website to get an idea how STEM can be implemented as young as three-months old.
http://naturalstart.org
What are some STEM apps that can be implemented in the classroom?
Students are more engaged when they have the opportunity use
the iPad, especially, when it comes to learning. Learning should be fun for the students. Therefore, I did some research on apps that could be useful for the
classroom.
Bridge Constructor
This
app can be implemented if you students were learning about feet, inches, and
area. Math can be actively learning by doing which can be done with
constructing a bridge. Bridge Constructor
lets students be creative.
Life of a Monarch Butterfly
This app is great for younger kids who are learning about
life cycles. This app can be used whole-group instruction or students alone can
learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Within this app, there are worksheets and a lesson plan that teachers
could follow. In addition, the app has the augmented reality feature.
There are endless apps that could be used for STEM. Look
below at the SMORE page to view the list.
STEM APPS
Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one! Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :) Try it now The following educational apps were chosen as they relate to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Some are free some are not.
4C's
Students can learn 21st century skills through STEM with the use of iPads. Students can collaborate by on STEM challenge. Teachers can facilitate the collaborate among the group of student by assigning a role to each of the member. Students can communicate with each other in a group or in a whole-group discussion by allowing the students form questions or comments about the challenge. However, teachers have to explicitly model a discourse discussion before students are able to conduct their own discussion with their group. Students would have the opportunity to think critically because STEM challenges students to present a better alternative to a problem or situation. Finally, students would have the opportunity to create a design to solve a problem or situation. Again, back to the example of students building structure with leggos, students would have to recreate another structure that would not fall over when its built taller.
No comments:
Post a Comment