Supporting STEM Learning in OST Explora NMOST NM PED Why STEM? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Supporting STEM Learning in OST Explora NMOST NM PED

Why STEM? https://youtu.be/hE8kTznIwZQ

Why STEM? – Academic achievement – Flexible, supportive, and exploratory settings – Future workforce – Equity and access – Youth Development

Transitioning to the New Mexico S TEM Ready! S cience S tandards Out of S chool – Fall into Place Conference - October 19, 2018

New Mexico S cience Teachers’ Association Anna S uggs, President president@ nmsta.org

Mission The New Mexico S cience Teachers’ Association is dedicated to providing a network for educators throughout the state to work collaboratively towards improving science education from early childhood through college.

Professional development

The S tandards Orange border Disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) Blue border S cience & engineering practices Green border Crosscutting concepts

A significant logo The facts of science & technology S trands 2 & 3 of the 2003 New Mexico standards What students do S trand 1 of the 2003 New Mexico standards Coherence across disciplines

What students should KNOW Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI) PHENOMENO Practices What students will DO N HOW students will understand Cross Cutting Concepts The puffer fish has unique and distinctive adaptations to defend itself Observe pictures and/or video of puffer fish and list structures, Puffer Fish as well as ideas for how these structures help the puffer fish. List questions about the puffer fish’s habitat and predators. Use “if, and, then” structure. Students think in terms of how specific adaptations – structures – Function to help the puffer fish survive.

Performance expectation Three dimensions Connections

Future Scientists & Engineers in the Classroom Doing Activities Discussing Presenting

2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 S tandards 2003 standards 2018 standards 2018 standards Instructional 2012 materials 2012 materials 2019 materials materials S BA 4, 7, 11 grades 4, 7, 11 grades 5, 8, 11 grades (S tandards Based with aligned 5, 8, 11 grades Assessment ) science test field test EoCs Aligned to Hybrid Aligned to (End of Course Exam) 2003 standards 2018 standards

“ The value of an education … is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind … . ”

Science Resource Kits – Gliders – Slime – Mathematical Mirrors – Scribble Machines

Science Resource Kits and Workshops – One kit per site – you are receiving some of these today – additional kits delivered at workshops

Workshops – December 1, 10:00 – 3:30 at New Mexico Community for Learning (Albuquerque) OR – December 8, 10:00 – 3:30 at NMSU STEM Outreach Center (Las Cruces)

Workshops – Questions? Contact Jeff McCconaughy (jmcconaughy@explora.us; 505-224-8368 – Assurances received via email – Front-line staff will gain: – Experience using the kits – Skills in facilitating the kits – Ideas and strategies for incorporating STEM

Coding – Code.org has “Plugged” and “Unplugged” activities – My Robotic Friend

A challenge: Hour of Code Hour of Code