Dr. Alice Christie's Workshop:
Enhancing STEAM Learning in Your K-8 Classroom

Dr. Christie's May 3, 2019 Workshop
Dr. Christie's May 4, 2018 STEAM Workshop
- Thinking Back to June 2017
- Today's STEAM Overview
- STEAM Unit: Marbled Crayfish GoogleTrek™
- ENGAGE
(Generate interest, access prior knowledge, connect to past knowledge, set parameters of the focus, frame the idea)
- EXPLORE
(Experience key concepts; discover new skills; probe, inquire, and question experiences, examine thinking, establish relationships and understanding)
- EXPLAIN
(Connect prior knowledge and background to new discoveries, communicate new understandings, connect informal language to formal language
- EXTEND
(Apply new learning to a new or similar situation, extend and explain concept being explored, communicate new understanding with formal language)
- EVALUATE ((Assess understanding (self, peer and teacher evaluation), demonstrate understanding of new concept by observation or open- ended response, apply within problem situation, show evidence of accomplishment)
Exit Ticket
- How did your understanding of STEM/STEAM education deepen?
- What instructional strategies did you see modeled today that yo
can use in your classroom?
- What technology tools did you see modeled today that yo
can incorporate into your classroom?
Mind Maps and Word Clouds Created During the Workshop
Dr. Christie's June 20, 2017 STEM Workshop
STEM Resources
Examples of STEM Curriculum Maps and Guides
(From a random
Google search with no guarantee of quality or purpose)
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