IDET 4300 STEM TECH

Review Questions  ● What are your learning expectations regarding  a) personal growth,  When discussing my expectations of personal growth, I would say that I have learned a lot from this course through our class and community outreach. Having the opportunity to teach students something new and getting them engaged through STEM is incredibly rewarding to me. I learned to love the sciences closer to middle school, but the sight of watching a child's interest grow, and their eyes start to widen and a smile starts to form, their is no greater feeling. With that being said, I was able to know more of what does and does not work, how to approach shy students, and give others the chance to have more knowledge than the day before is an incredible feeling. b) civic engagement and  With my work in the honors program, I have the opportunity to give my service to members of the community. Since middle and high school I have volunteered with various groups and organizations. Wit...

STaR Hero Journey  For our METRO elementary STaR activity, Raeleen and I have decided to c reate 3D models of a producer and consumer (flower, butterfly, fruit) as a lifecycle to use the same manipulatives for our two different TEKS. Using Nearpod and Flip , we will guide the students through the lesson and story, allowing for our TEKS components to come thru at specific points. Some of these TEKS include: Tech TEKS: 3. c1 (A) decompose story problems into smaller, manageable subproblems and identify a solution to the problems. Gardening TEKS (Science) Investigating the different organisms that would make up our gardening ecosystem (How will they interact with one another? Which are producers, consumers?) Science TEKS 3.9(A) "Observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an ecosystem". Standards 5.3.c Plan collaboratively with other educators to create learning activities that cross disci...