ED011
Creating Authentic STEM Experiences in Schools to Meet the Challenges Facing Our Planet
Session ID#: 156642
Session Description:
Students are bombarded with complex information from a variety of sources relating to the global challenges facing humanity. Educators create curriculum materials and authentic learning experiences to equip students with the knowledge and skills to filter, analyse, evaluate scientific data and then formulate appropriate, informed action to meet these challenges. The challenges are complex and multi-layered, demanding an interdisciplinary lens to understand the problems. STEM-related fields of learning are increasingly taught in an integrated manner, linking fundamental knowledge and tools of the STEM fields with the non-STEM fields, such as literacy, visual arts, humanities, and entrepreneurship. Experiential approaches to learning are critical in generating authentic learning and problem-solving skills. The complexity of these programs often leads to collaboration with organisations outside the school environment. Session participants will present on classroom and out of classroom curriculum, partnerships, student-led projects, makerspace education, and programs that are interdisciplinary.
Index Terms:
0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
Primary Convener: Diana Lynne Ibarra, Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Conveners: Rachel Oser, The Independent Schools Foundation Academy, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Malcolm Pritchard, Organization Not Listed, Hong Kong, China
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Dana Brown Haine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Emma Refvem, Durham Public Schools, Durham, NC, United States and Max Cawley, Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC, United States
Engaging Rural Alaskan Youth in Geohazard Education, Advocacy, and Competitive Academics (1049604)
Gabriel Low1, Lea Gardine2, Tammy K Bravo3, Michael Edwin West4 and Jessica F Larsen2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Tracking Seasonal Change with PhenoCam Data: Scaling Local Success to Cross-Biome Teaching Practice (1095055)
Katherine Florence Bennett1, Pamela Snow2, Andrew D Richardson3, Clarisse Hart2 and PhenoTeach Workshop participants, (1)Harvard Forest, Hubbardston, MA, United States, (2)Harvard Forest, Education, Petersham, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing & Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, United States
Bringing Scientific Field Campaigns Into The Classroom Through Teacher Guides (1102203)
Daniel W Zietlow, Provare Media and NCAR, Boulder, United States, Lorena Medina Luna, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Lidia Huaman, AccuWeather Inc., College Station, United States, John Daniel Ristvey Jr, UCAR Community Programs, Boulder, CO, United States, Zeljka Fuchs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, United States and Rebecca Haacker, NCAR, Education & Outreach, ASP, Boulder, CO, United States
The University of Alaska Space Weather UnderGround Educator Development Program (1116204)
Dogacan Su Ozturk1, Austin Cohen2, Lori Schoening2, Hyunju Connor3, Whitham D Reeve4, Jonah Barkley-Griggs1, Joe Reyes2, Donald L Hampton2, Charles William Smith5 and Amy M Keesee6, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Reeve Engineers, Anchorage, AK, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire, Physics and Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States
Parabolic Partnerships to Advance K-12 STEM Engagement (1125946)
Adrienne Dove1, Danielle Miller2, Adam LaMee3, Eric Apfel2, Shelley Bullard2, Christopher Cox4, Jared Long-Fox5, Kayla Schang1 and Akbar Whizin6, (1)University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (2)Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, United States, (3)University of Central Florida, Physics, Orlando, United States, (4)Houghton, MI, United States, (5)University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States, (6)Southwest Research Institute, Space Science & Engineering, San Antonio, TX, United States
Space Weather UnderGround: High School Students Building An Array of Ground-Based Magnetometers To Study Ionospheric Physics (1132988)
Charles William Smith, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, Harald Kucharek, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, John A. Blackwell, Phillips Exeter Academy, Science, Exeter, NH, United States, Scott Goelzer, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Northwood, NH, United States, Andria Johnson, ConVal Regional High School, Science, Peterborough, NH, United States and Whitham D Reeve, Reeve Engineers, Anchorage, AK, United States
Building Geoscientists With Hands-On, Place-Based Experience: A Chesapeake Bay Watershed Hydrogeology Field Camp for High School Students in Lancaster And Cumberland Counties, Pennsylvania (1133847)
Stacey Sosenko Daniels1, Robert C. Walter2, Dorothy Merritts2, Patrick Fleming3 and J. Anthony Sauder1, (1)University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)Franklin & Marshall College, Department of Earth and Environment, and The Water Science Institute, Lancaster, PA, United States, (3)Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, United States
Are we preparing middle and high school students to tackle water justice issues? A review of New York City educational standards for water security and data science (1168690)
Laureline Josset1, Jose Carvajal2, Jermel Collins2, Andrew Peterson2, Barbin Ramos2, Sarah Trexler2 and Anne Degnan3, (1)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem, New York City, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, United States
The Ocean as a Teacher: Bringing the Argo Array into the Classroom (1185235)
Stephen C Diggs, Scripps Institution of Oceanography / UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States, Lela D Murdock, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, United States and Sylvia Munson, Ramona High School, Ramona, United States
