HELPING PRESERVICE TEACHERS INTEGRATE STEM

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HELPING PRESERVICE TEACHERS INTEGRATE STEM

• MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BEDFORD MA
• MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON

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MCC - MOS
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PROCESS SKILLS

• A SCIENTIFIC METHOD
• DEFINE THE PROBLEM
• GATHER DATA
• FORM A HYPOTHESIS
• EXPERIMENT
• OBSERVE
• FORM A CONCLUSION
• TECHNOLOGY

• THE DESIGN PROCESS
• ASK
• IMAGINE
• PLAN
• CREATE
• IMPROVE

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PROGRAMS - 1

• PROMOTING LIFE LONG INTEREST IN SCIENCE
• BUILDING A BETTER BIRD FEEDER

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PROGRAMS - 2

• JUST PASSING THROUGH DESIGNING MODEL MEMBRANES
• WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE DESIGNING WATER FILTERS

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ASK

• NOTICE SOMETHING YOU THINK IS A PROBLEM
• ASK QUESTIONS
• IS IT REALLY A PROBLEM?
• WHY IS IT A PROBLEM?
• HOW IS IT HURTING PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND/OR ANIMALS?

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IMAGINE

• BASED ON DATA YOU HAVE GATHERED BRAINSTORM
  SOLUTIONS WITH OTHERS
• REVIEW THE SOLUTIONS
• WHICH IS THE MOST FEASIBLE?

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PLAN

• AFTER PRELIMINARY TESTING DECIDE WHICH IDEA IS
  THE MOST EFFECTIVE
• DRAW YOUR PLAN WRITE OUT YOUR PROCEDURE
• ARE YOUR PLANS CLEAR? COULD ANOTHER FOLLOW THEM?

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CREATE

• FOLLOWING THE PLANS CREATE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
  WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM YOU PERCEIVED

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CREATE

• TEST YOUR TECHNOLOGY IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS TO
  BE SURE IT IS FEASIBLE

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IMPROVE

• DISCUSS YOUR RESULTS WITH YOUR TEAM
• WAS YOUR TECHNOLOGY SUCCESSFUL?
• DID IT SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

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IMPROVEGET READY TO TRY AGAIN!

• COMPARE YOUR IDEAS AND RESULTS WITH OTHERS
• WHAT PARTS OF THEIRS DID YOU LIKE?
• HOW WOULD YOU INCORPORATE THEIR IDEAS TO IMPROVE
  YOUR DESIGN?
• TRY IT!

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SIGNS OF SUCCESS
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THE STANDARDS PROJECT 1

• MA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING FRAMEWORK
• CONTENT
• VOCABULARY
• WHAT A STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TODO
• HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
• SCIENCE
• MATH

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THE STANDARDS PROJECT 2

• INTERDISCIPLINARY
• ELA READING
• ELA WRITING
• SOCIAL STUDIES
• ARTS (MUSIC, DANCE, ART)
• LIFE SCIENCE
• EARTH SCIENCE
• PHYSICAL SCIENCE
• SOCIAL STUDIES

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THE STANDARDS PROJECT 3

• ASSESSMENT
• MULTIPLE CHOICE WITH EXPLANATION
• OPEN RESPONSE WITH RUBRIC (4 POINT)

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HANDS ON
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HANDS ON

• SCIENCE 1

• SCIENCE 1
• a. The students will observe a series of
  pictures of birds' beaks and
• compare them to various household tools such as
  forks, tongs,
• tweezers, hammers, nutcrackers, chopsticks, and
  eyedroppers.
• The students will determine which beak is used
  by the bird for
• a similar purpose to the way to household tool
  is used.
• b. Given a list of different organisms the
  student will match the
• organism to a continent based on the climate the
  organism needs. The
• student will list at least three adaptations
  each organism has to
• help it survive in that climate/environment.
  

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INTERDISCIPLINARY
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INTERDISCIPLINARY

• PHYSICAL SCIENCE ACTIVITY