Please sit by grades. Make yourself a name tag. Begin sharing your implementation stories.

Please sit by grades.Make yourself a name tag.Begin sharing your implementation

stories.

Some basic elements of

“A true STEM education should increase students’ understanding of how things work and improve their use of technologies.

Bybee

See: http://csusciencemethods.wikispaces.com/file/view/Bybee+2010+STEM+education.pdf

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math “Transdisciplinary”

Vine Model Daisy Model Rose Model

The “plant metaphor” is not as important as the idea that the intention is to be highly integrative

Collaborative – Based on asymmetries of expertise

From “Understanding Science”http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/whatisscience_03

An application of science is any use of scientific knowledge for a specific purpose, whether to do more science; to design a product, process, or medical treatment; to develop a new technology; or to predict the impacts of human actions.

Framework for K-12 Science Education, Ch. 8

Technology is any modification of the natural world made to fulfill human needs or desires.

Framework for K-12 Science Education, Ch. 8

Engineering is a systematic and often iterative approach to designing objects, processes, and systems to meet human needs and wants.

Framework for K-12 Science Education, Ch. 8

Subsystems/Nested SystemsBoundaries Inputs/OutputsFlow/CounterflowFeedback

Atmosphere Biosphere

Geosphere Hydrosphere