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This chapter features Life sciences StEMT lessons. Students are fascinated by strange-looking animals that have adapted to live in environments different from our own. In our StEMTify extension, students are actively…
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This chapter features Physical sciences StEMT lessons. As humans, we live in a sea of air to the point that we forget the air is there. The lesson brings in some of our favorite hands-on activities. It starts with the…
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This chapter features Physical sciences StEMT lessons. Ramps and sliders are common tools to help students understand the fundamentals of Newton’s laws. The Explore activity included is a typical Newton’s Second Law…
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This chapter features Physical sciences StEMT lessons. The lesson itself focuses on heat transfer and how materials have characteristics that can increase or decrease the amount of heat flow through them. Using some…
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This chapter features Physical sciences StEMT lessons. For most concepts, it is impossible to ensure deep understanding with just one lesson, and this concept is a good example of that—waves could take many weeks. For…
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This chapter features Physical sciences StEMT lessons. This lesson is based on the classic misconception about reflections in mirrors with regard to distance. We use this same lesson to demonstrate STEM to our new…
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This chapter features Earth and Space science StEMT lessons. Few topics are as difficult for students to understand as the relationships among the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. Add the changing of constellations…
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This chapter features Earth and Space science StEMT lessons. This lesson starts with a basic disaster preparedness which can be adapted to any areas of the country. Students are asked to think about items their family…
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This chapter features Life sciences StEMT lessons. With climate change as front-page news, this lesson seems very appropriate. The Explore part has students doing research, which can be very empowering. Provided here is…
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Introducing a New and Urgent Case for STEM Education
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The new case for STEM education developed over the course of several years. In this chapter, the author shares how his concerns about the STEM movement resided in the significant diversity in what STEM meant when it…
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Looking Beyond the STEM Acronym
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The local, national, and global challenges related to STEM disciplines give reasons to review the meaning and potential of K–12 STEM education. This chapter begins with a discussion of how the STEM acronym is used and…
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Recognizing and Accepting New Challenges for STEM Education
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STEM is popular and widely accepted, but initiatives need to evolve past a simple slogan to have a lasting and meaningful place in American education. In this chapter, an approach is proposed that maintains, and could…
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Connecting STEM Education, NGSS, and New State Standards
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This chapter explores the question, “What are the connections among STEM, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and new state standards?” The question is actually a response to one of several potentially…
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Proposing Innovations for STEM Education
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This chapter introduces a process that has the potential to move STEM education from simply being a collection of initiatives to a plan of action to make STEM a lasting component of American education. Initiating STEM…
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The Enlightenment: Identifying Components of a Cultural Foundation
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The reason for including this brief review of the Enlightenment is the clear relationship to STEM disciplines and the values that STEM education should represent. In this brief discussion of the Enlightenment, I have…
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