STEM Methods

Catalog description

In this course, we begin to bridge the gap between teaching subjects in isolation and allowing children to see how all things work together. STEM education is all about authentic integration between science, technology, engineering, and math. Teacher candidates will learn and apply essential STEM pedagogical principles to create a scientific inquiry lesson plan that includes standard alignment for all STEM disciplines. Teacher candidates incorporate scientific inquiry, innovative technologies, the engineering design cycle, and data collection and analysis in lesson planning. Participants will also use experiential learning and historical perspectives to develop the ability to make standards-based connections between each STEM discipline.