STEM in ActionWhat it looks Like

Pier Sun HoAssociate Director for Pathway and Curriculum Development

Boat Building Challenge

• 10 minutes• Teams of two• Boat must hold 100 g

Hull volume > 100 cm3

1 plastic sheet + 1 ruler + 1 roll of tape + 2 hex nuts

Success?

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Too often school - and STEM - is siloed

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Industry Sectors Provide the Context for STEM integration

Linked Learning

“A multi-year, comprehensive and personalized approach to high school that integrates

hands-on academic and technical study, and is

organized around a broad theme, interest area or

industry sector”

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Linked Learning Principles

• Pathways prepare students for both postsecondary education and careers

• Pathways lead to a full range of postsecondary and career opportunities

• Pathways connect academics to real world experiences

• Pathways improve student achievement

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Industry sectors provide real-world problems and project to contextualize learning

Crime Scene Investigation

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ConnectEd Studios

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Health Science Integrated Units

• AIDS• Career exploration• Communicable diseases• Complementary and alternative medicine• Ethics• Health insurance• Nutrition• Tobacco and smoking• Workplace injuries

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Engineering Integrated Units

• 3D modeling• Bridge design• Catapult design• Reverse engineering• Green building architecture • Residential

• Commercial

• Circuit Design• Robotics

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Why?

• High math requirements of post-secondary STEM fields

• Lack of foundational pre-algebra skills difficulty in all subsequent math, science, and technical courses.

More of same?

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Project-based Learning

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Project-Based Math

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Middle school

Summer Bridge

High school

Drop-in Units

Commcollege

Extended Day

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