STEM ifying Storybooks
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Integrating content through literature
STEMifying
Storybooks
STEM: A Review•The State of Maryland’s Definition:• STEM education is an approach to teaching and learning that integrates the content and skills of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM Standards of Practice guide STEM instruction by defining the combination of behaviors, integrated with STEM content, which is expected of a proficient STEM student. These behaviors include engagement in inquiry, logical reasoning, collaboration, and investigation. The goal of STEM education is to prepare students for post-secondary study and the 21st century workforce.
STEM: A Review•The STEM Standards of Practice:• Learn and Apply Rigorous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Content • Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Content • Interpret and Communicate STEM Information • Engage in Inquiry • Engage in Logical Reasoning • Collaborate as a STEM Team • Apply Technology Appropriately
STEM: A Review•The STEM Standards of Practice are NOT objectives, and should be used as guidelines when planning/assessing a STEM unit.•The content is WHAT you teach, and STEM is HOW you teach it.•Transdisciplinary instruction integrates concepts from different content areas to answer a question or solve a real-world problem.
STEM in Your Classroom
1. Start with the content (math, science, social studies, reading, etc.)
2. Consider the components necessary for your students to understand the topic or concept.
3. Use other content areas and activities that can be naturally integrated into that topic.
4. Take a broad view of the integrated contents/activities and come up with a real-world problem to solve or an overarching question for the students to answer.
Starting with Literature
Early STEM Literacy
•Educational psychology researchers developed an approach for teaching science in elementary school by integrating science with language and literacy skills.•Reading is the centerpiece of intellectual development in all disciplines.• It is absolutely necessary to integrate reading and language arts with the increased involvement of students in the STEM fields.
American Society of Engineering Education 2012
STEMifying a Storybook
BOOK
English/Language Arts:• Reading Processes• Informational• Literary• Writing• Language• Listening• Speaking
Social Studies:• Skills and
Processes• Political Science• Peoples of the
Nation/World• Geography• Economics• History
Science:• Skills and processes• Earth/Space• Environmental• Life• Physics• Environmental
Math:• Processes• Number• Algebra• Geometry• Measurement• Statistics• Probability
Develop an overarching question or real world problem the students
can work together to solve.
Engineering:• Structures• Engineering
Design Process (EDP)
Fine Arts:• Dance• Music• Theater• Visual Arts
When the Leaf Blew In
Written by: Steve Metzger
STEMified by:Diana Churchman, Chipman ElementaryCristin Eurice-George, Willards ElementarySusan Jones, Fruitland PrimaryNicole Williams, Westside Primary
STEMifying a Storybook
When the Leaf Blew In:
Design a farm that would stop the problem of the leaves interfering with the
animals
English/Language Arts:• Cause and Effect• Writing• Communicating• Sequencing
Social Studies:• Map skills• Farming as part
of the economy
Science:• Seasons• Animals:
• wild vs. domestic• Pets vs. farm
animals• Leaf sorting and
observing• Leaf seasonal cycle• gravity
Math:• Counting• Graphing• Perimeter• Measurement
(smallest to largest)• More/less/equal• Composing/
decomposing
Engineering:• Create a leaf catcher to
stop the leaves from falling
Fine Arts:• Song• Act it out• Draw/paint favorite
animal• Leaves to create
animals• Diorama• Leaf rubbings
Your Turn•In your groups, choose a storybook you would like to STEMify.•Use either one of the templates provided to quickly list some ideas in each of the content areas which tie into your story.•Come up with an overarching question or real-word problem which the characters or students may encounter.
Discussion•What was the easiest part of this process?•What was the most difficult part of this process?•How do students benefit from this approach?•Can all books be STEMified?•What questions, comments, or concerns do you have with a STEMifying approach?