And the work continues....



Here are the teacher resources that I will share with staff at our professional development work Aug 27.

Resources for STEAM Activities

Intro Article: Why STEM in the Early Years?

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/04/03/stem-it's-elementary

Language Arts

general info http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-to-integrate-literacy-with-stem/2012/06/13/gJQAX2DGbV_blog.html

Notebook Hacking /National Writers Project http://www.slj.com/2015/04/technology/hack-your-notebook-circuitry-mixes-with-paper-in-a-creative-project-for-21st-century-learners/#_

and

https://chadsansing.makes.org/thimble/MzM0MDM2OTky/hack-your-notebook-day-teaching-kit

Illuminated Poetry

http://www.middleweb.com/15344/students-illuminate-ideas-paper-circuitry/

Nonfiction texts for STEM units http://sciencenetlinks.com/collections/stem-and-common-core/

Math - all grades

STEM Gives Meaning to Mathematics/STEM and Math Practices (open pdf for full article) http://www.nctm.org/Publications/teaching-children-mathematics/2015/Vol21/Issue7/STEM-Gives-Meaning-to-Mathematics/

Science/Engineering Lesson Plans - all grades

browse by grade or content http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/

night sky project with circuitry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/527d72f8e4b0213a91526969/t/529fd481e4b04f86e6d6df77/1386206337497/PaperCircuitryNotebook.pdf

general list of projects https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/04/23/make-stem-come-alive/

browse by content http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/lesson-plans/helping_others.html

http://tryengineering.org/lesson-plans?cat=37&keyword=

https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/theengineeringplace/educators/k8plans.php

VT Science Initiative Resource Page

http://vtscience.org/resources/teacher-resources/

Multi-disciplinary

Sample projects K-4 http://www.manassas.k12.va.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=15845&

Sample projects K-6 http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/stem

K-6 browse by activity, video, game or website http://www.discovere.org/our-activities

NGSS (CC connections, multi-disciplinary)

K-2 http://www.nextgenscience.org/k-2ets-engineering-design

3-5 http://www.nextgenscience.org/3-5ets-engineering-design

6-8 http://www.nextgenscience.org/msets-ed-engineering-design

Engineering is Elementary Kits

http://www.eie.org/

More Resources

http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/stem-resources.html

http://veep.org/veep-programs/in-class-presentations/