WEEK 7- STEAM LETTER 'E' by Justine Vaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2021-05-09 18:29:38 UTC 2021-05-09 22:02:34 UTC hello@padlet.com I am the most uncomfortable with engineering, or the 'E' in STEAM. To me engineering means building things in the classroom. Within the context of STEAM that means building to problem solve or answer a question. To not necessarily have a set of instructions and to allow students to explore, revise as they are constructing something. jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1506792220 2021-05-09 18:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1506792220 "Engineering" to me means constructing or building something. That is a relatively weak skill area for me. I can be a little impatient. I think I might be more concerned with the outcome of my students building something correctly and giving the right directions so that something 'works' than the process of allowing the to try, fail, try again and have different outcomes. jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1506815710 2021-05-09 18:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1506815710 jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507001329
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]]> 2021-05-09 21:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507001329 Engineering in Middle School Classrooms jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507003942 2021-05-09 21:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507003942 jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507006297 2021-05-09 21:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507006297 jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507006946 2021-05-09 21:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507006946 1. ELA- Incorporating read alouds focused on engineering. This is a great way to incorporate engineering into my ELA period by switching the content of read aloud to books about engineering that are on this list. jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507007988 2021-05-09 21:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507007988 2. jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507009238 Science- I think the easiest way to incorporate engineering and design principles is within science curriculum. One activity is the : Pipe Cleaner Electric Circuit]]> 2021-05-09 21:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507009238 jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507010232 2021-05-09 21:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507010232 3. Social Studies- One interesting way to incorporate engineering into social studies curriculum is setting up a lego or block center where students can replicate/build the famous structures that they are learning about in social studies. In 4th grade students would build structures in New York like famous bridges, the Statue of Liberty, or the Empire State building. jvaughans https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507017665 2021-05-09 21:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jvaughans/aetowcei0ult8lvg/wish/1507017665