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STEM Leadership Team
November 6, 2012
Welcome!
As you arrive, please form groups of 4-6 people
at a table.
Help yourself to snacks and drinks.
Make a name tent for yourself by folding a
piece of paper in half, writing your name on
both outside pieces, and writing your grade
level and school on the inside.
Announcements
• Welcome! New Members?
• Celebrations! Eileen
• STEM Leadership Dates— 12/11—Looking at BIG ideas in FOSS &
Making Connections to STEM, MX & Standards, 1/8, 2/5, 3/5,
4/9, 5/7, 6/4
• Science and Literacy: Dates have changed:
November 16th and 30th; 4:30-6:30 PM @ PDC
• Washington State Laser Website—wastatelaser.org Lesson
Upgrades
• Thermometer Check-out
• Snacks—Michele Dimant, Cheryl Hackinen, Jennifer Streun,
Eileen McCafferty-Lent
• Information list—please check and add/delete
Overarching Goals
Participants will:
 Increase science content knowledge
 Understand the research on How People Learn
 Increase understanding of the Cross Cutting
Abilities and Big Ideas in science
 Connect new learning to classroom instruction
and instructional materials
 Increase leadership skills and strategies
 Be challenged to extend new learning beyond our
own classrooms
Promoting
Pausing
Norms
a Spirit of inquiry
Paraphrasing—revoiceing
Probing
Putting
ideas on the table
Paying Attention to self and others
Presuming positive intentions
What’s the Work for 2012-2013?
Two items that we will focus on
today
1. Integrate engineering into the
classroom
2. What is the engineering
component and what does it
look like in classroom
instruction.
Learning Targets
• I can describe the engineering design
process.
• I can explain two strategies to integrate
engineering into my classroom.
• I can describe and explain ways that I can
advocate for science/STEM instruction in
my building.
Last time . . . .
Which
vehicle is
best?
• What do you need to know to
improve your car?
Drew a car---
Rolling to a Stop
•Consider the
ideas in Rolling to
a Stop and
respond to the
question.
•Discuss with a
partner.
•Connections to
the balloon cars?
•Science?
What is an engineer?
What is engineering?
What is their role in technology?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98OQpZPOnko
• Engineering is the application of science
in the design of objects or machines that
solve a problem.
• An engineer is someone who designs
something to solve a problem.
• Are there any types of engineers that you
know about?
• What is it that they do?
Types of Engineers
What do they do?
What new things have you
learned about engineers?
• What does Engineering look like for a kid?
• During the video, think about what Audri is
doing that is the same or different from adult
engineers. Be prepared to discuss.
• http://teachscience4all.wordpress.com/2012/
03/27/audris-rube-goldberg-video
• Look at your object from the Mystery Bag. Consider the
following:
• -How do you think engineering played a role in the design of
your piece of technology? Look at the DETAILS within its
design to help you decide.
• -What mistakes, flaws, or problems did the object’s DESIGN
address?
• -What types of engineers played a role in the design or
production of this piece of technology? How did they play a
role?
• Think of different versions of your object.
• -How has this object evolved or changed?
• -What problems or challenges did the changes
address?
• -What do you think engineers had to consider
when RE-DESIGNING the object?
Take a Break
Marshmallow
Challenge
Engineering Problem-Solving
Design Process
Engineering
Design Process
Step
Description of Step
Ask
Identify the problem.
Determine design constraints (limitations on materials that can be used.)
Consider relevant prior knowledge (science concepts.)
Imagine
Plan
Brainstorm design ideas.
Draw and label those ideas.
Create
Improve
Carry out the plan; create the design.
Test the design.
Pick one idea.
Draw and label the idea.
Identify needed materials or conditions.
Reflect on testing results.
Plan for, create, and test a new (improved) design.
http://marshmallowchallenge.com/TED_Talk.html
Sum it up
On an index card please respond to the
following:
1. What will you take back and share at your
school?
2. Next time—be ready to share the strategy,
lesson, instructional practice that you shared
at your school and with whom you shared
--formative assessment
--What is an engineer?
--Marshmallow challenge