SPIRIT ProjectPartnerships Brainstorming

Looking for Collaborative Opportunities

School DistrictSTEM CourseworkAndInnovation

PKI/UNO SPIRITEngineering

AndRobotics

New STEM

LearningSchools SPIRIT

We don’t have the answers, but we hope to find them together…

The Power of “STEM” Connections

The National Research Council suggests Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics learned better when connected…

National Research Council. (1999). How people learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

National Research Council. (2004). Engaging schools: Fostering high school students' motivation to learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

National Research Council (2005). How students learn: Science in the classroom. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

A Little About Us:

SPIRIT (NSF: ITEST)Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT

• Teacher Training (Robotics)

• Teachers Develop Lesson Ideas

SPIRIT 2.0 (NSF: Discovery K12)Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT 2.0

• New Robotics Innovations

• National Robotics CyberCurriculum

http://www.ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/

PKI’s Computer Electronics and EngineeringUNO’s College of Education

OPS’ Mathematics and Science

http://www.ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/Shared/jumbotron07/index.html

Activity: Torrence Test Creative Thinking

What can you teachwith a brick?

What Could You Teach With a Robot?

1: Robo Math 5: Robo Electric

2: Robo Physics 4: Robo Chem

3: Robotics

Collaborations?

Some of our NSF-related needs:

1) Data related to impact (pre-post tests)2) Control group data (pre-post tests)3) Teachers to try out lessons with

students4) Teachers to help write curriculum5) Teachers to help write assessments6) Other ideas?