https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o Made with good vibes en-us 2021-09-13 23:17:08 UTC 2021-09-16 00:00:01 UTC hello@padlet.com amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740723205 Bee Bodies is an example of a multidisciplinary lesson. In this lesson, students begin by studying the structure of a bee and introducing students to bee anatomy. The lesson then moves into a reading, writing, and art portion. The reason I chose this lesson was because my class is currently focusing on structure and function and I saw some potential in expanding this lesson. While it's currently in a multidisciplinary format, I feel like it could be built into an inquiry-based transdisciplinary lesson by posing a question about helping the bee population and challenging students to design something to assist. ]]> 2021-09-14 21:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740723205 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740723809 Why Do NASCAR Drivers Need to React Fast is an example of an interdisciplinary lesson. Students are working through an investigation designing models, measuring, and discussing. While students are working to answer a question, it isn't a problem-based question where students get to come up with their own solutions. This lesson is leading students to make connections and use their schema to learn about reaction times and the process our body goes through when we react. I included this lesson because I think it's been thoughtfully designed to get students engaged through real-life examples and experimentation. I love that students get to showcase their measuring and graphing skills while building scientific background knowledge. ]]> 2021-09-14 21:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740723809 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740728387 This is an example of an interdisciplinary STEAM lesson in it's current format. While it does not address a problem that students solve, it does require students to use the different disciplines to create a creature with specific adaptations. A majority of the project utilizes art and science with a potential to include math. The only discipline that seems to be lacking is engineering. It could be incorporated by having students design and build their creature using certain materials that would make sense in their environment. This lesson really stuck out to me because we're doing a lesson similar to this in our next unit. I enjoyed all of the different options of how to approach the project and make it unique to your class. ]]> 2021-09-14 21:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740728387 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740768698 This lesson is transdisciplinary. I went back and forth between transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary before ultimately deciding that the overarching question that students need to solve makes this transdisciplinary. The question is: how can I imagine a device or robot that could prevent or clean up an oil spill? Students gain background knowledge about oil spills and participate in an experiment that models how oil spills work before designing a device or robot that could help. This process would involve students using science, technology, engineering, art, and math cohesively to make sure that their design is effective in solving the problem.]]> 2021-09-14 21:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740768698 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740787073 This is an example of an interdisciplinary lesson that I actually used in my own classroom last year. As the teacher who planned science content, I was looking for an intriguing way to introduce balanced and unbalanced forces. My students were challenged to use balanced & unbalanced forces to drop an egg into a cup without touching it. We used the reading materials, watched the video on our devices, and incorporated the lesson ideas to build scientific background knowledge and then students used art, math and engineering to come up with a design to build. It was incredibly fun when they all got to test them and see the different designs groups came up with!]]> 2021-09-14 21:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740787073 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740789772 This interdisciplinary lesson looks like it would be extremely fun to implement in the classroom. I've struggled in the past to find lessons that are hands-on when teaching renewable and nonrenewable resources until finding this one. Students build scientific background on resources and then participate in a design challenge to build a water wheel. This lesson also includes ideas for transitioning into a transdisciplinary lesson by having students research, design, and propose renewable energy options for their building. I think I would potentially start with this lesson and then move on to the more transdiciplinary format involving all of the STEAM disciplines. ]]> 2021-09-14 21:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740789772 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740792797 My students absolutely love the Generation Genius lessons that I've done in my classroom.They do a great job of hooking students with their introduction videos and then coming up with hands-on learning activities. This interdisciplinary lesson involves students using engineering skills to build a model of wave properties using gummies and skewers. Background knowledge is first built through investigation, drawing models, and the included video. The build up leaves students wanting to be engaged in the hands-on experiment that follows.]]> 2021-09-14 21:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740792797 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740894781 This project is an example of an interdisciplinary STEM lesson. While constructing the miniature powered boats involves science, engineering, and math, students are not working to solve a problem. They're completing one specific task that is provided by the teacher. The one aspect that I did see missing from this lesson was art. I would try to incorporate the art through having students design their own power boat or rocket using the knowledge they gained from the experiment. Another change I might make is having kids design a powered boat and experimenting to see if they can make it work before giving them exact directions for the experiment. I like to see students problem-solve before modeling the example because they come up with some neat ideas!]]> 2021-09-14 23:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740894781 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740912172 This lesson would be transdisciplinary because students would be solving a problem in their community. The guiding question behind the project is: how can we keep our communities safe in the face of natural hazards? Students will work to gain knowledge on natural disasters and ways that people can prepare for them. They will also research natural disasters that would be more likely in their given area. They'll use the knowledge to design a plan for keeping safe. This may include designing a specific item or shelter using math, art and engineering during the planning process. ]]> 2021-09-14 23:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740912172 amarker3 https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740914718 I believe this is a transdisciplinary lesson. This project revolves around the question: How can we redesign a public space to make it more environmentally sustainable? Students would use all subjects at the same time during their design process as they are planning. While this lesson does not give step-by-step direction, I imagine students planning using art to design the actual look of the space. They could use math and engineering to work on sizing and use area and perimeter knowledge (a fourth grade standard) to help with their planning. Science would come into play when students are working on the environmentally sustainable aspect of the project. All of these subject coinciding together would make this transdiciplinary. ]]> 2021-09-14 23:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amarker3/6dqykibyhz1pz08o/wish/1740914718