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STEM and PBL in the Differentiated ClassroomAlisa Downey and Tina CoffeySTEM Crazy Teachers
Introductions
Engaging Students
Create a Catapult
Your mission is to create a catapult to launch a puff ball using the materials given. Let’s see which group can launch the puff ball the farthest!
You will have eight minutes to create.
Catapult Competition
• Let’s put your catapults to the test.
•How far will your team’s catapult launch the pom pom?
Our Catapults
STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House
• Big Bad Wolf Video
The True Story of the Three Little PigsBy Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House
STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House
Technology:
Pic Collage
STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House
STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen
Snowmen All Year Long by Caralyn Buehner
Provides leveled text, readers theaters, and take home books.
STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen
Technology:Beyond Penguins and Polar
Bears Websitehttp://beyondpenguins.ehe.
osu.edu/
Academic Differences: Grouping Options
• Purposeful grouping• Student choice/Teacher Choice
• Individual• Partner• Group
• Multi-leveled Design Briefs
Technology:
Camera App
STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen
STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen
Technology:
Pic Collage Technology:
Videolicious
STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen
STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen
Videolicious
• Snowman Video
Example 1Example 2
PBL Project: Free Little Librarieshttp://littlefreelibrary.org/
• The Librarian of Basara by Jeanette Winter
• That Book Woman by Heather Henson
PBL Project: Free Little Libraries
PBL Project: Free Little LibrariesTechnology:
Pic Collage
PBL Project: Free Little Libraries
PBL Project: Free Little Libraries
STEM Project: Famous Virginians to Life!
• VA Statues of Religious Freedom Video
Technology:
Do Ink Green Screen
STEMProject: Legos Houses Technology:
iMovie
STEM Project: Becoming AuthorsTechnology:
Project: Rosa Parks Videos
Videolicious Video:
Technology:
Blogging About STEMTechnology:
Kidblog
Comments-Authentic AudienceTip: #Comments4Kids
Technology:
Twitter #Comments4Kids
Science -- Niche Bots
Science -- Niche Bots
• Niche Bot Video
Science – Niche Bots
Trading Card App from Read, Write, Think
Technology:
Trading Cards
Technology: Bridging Background Knowledge
http://iditarod.com/ http://itcteacheronthetrail.com/
Use videos, images, and text to help build prior knowledge.
Example: Iditarod
Example Project: Iditarod Tracking
Students research mushers and create a trading card on one of them. Students will follow 5 of the mushers during the Iditarod.
This Year’s Challenge: SPED Makerspace
• SPED Makerspace Video
Makerspace: Little Bits
STEM and PBL in the Differentiated Classroom
Find Design Briefs, Presentations, and Examples at http://www.STEMCrazyTeachers.com.
Tina CoffeyInstructional Technology Resource TeacherRoanoke County SchoolsEmail: [email protected]: http://tcoffey.edublogs.org
Alisa DowneySpecial Education TeacherOak Grove ElementaryEmail: [email protected]: http://kidblog.org/Thompson-Downey-4/
