Make  it  Real.      Engaging  your  students  with  Team  Work  and  Challenge-­‐Based  Learning  

Cathy  Herzog  and  Katie  Powers  

The  Dinner  Problem  

• Wash  and  cut  vegetables  for  the  salad  (15  min)  • Mix  casserole  ingredients  (12  min)  • Bake  the  casserole  (25  min)  • Toss  the  salad  (3  min)  • Set  the  table  (9  min)  • Start  the  rice  cooking  (2  min)  • Cook  rice  (25  min)  • Place  the  rice  in  a  serving  dish  (1  min)  •  

How  fast  can  one  person  prepare  this  dinner?  What  if  there  were  two  people?    

 

Challenge-­‐Based  Learning  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

STEM  –  Utilizing  the  Engineering  Design  Loop  in  any  Classroom  

 

Connect  with  your  Community  

• Take meaningful field trips • Invite your school board members or other community

members for student presentations • Make connections with local businesses

 

 Resources  

• Take Action and Make a Difference: Challenge-Based Learning. https://www.challengebasedlearning.org/pages/welcome

• University of Cincinnati. CEEMS (Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science). http://ceas.uc.edu/special_programs/ceems/CEEMS_Home.html