What STEM Can Do for Your Classroom

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One: Start STEM Early
Chapter 1: Inspiring Students With STEM Narratives
Chapter 2: Teaching STEM in Elementary School
Part Two: Discover STEM Learning Principles
Chapter 3: Focusing on Authentic Engagement, Choice, and Collaboration
Chapter 4: Creating Risk Takers
Part Three: Explore STEM Pedagogy
Chapter 5: Exploring STEM Teaching and Guided Discovery Learning
Chapter 6: Making Assessment Student Centered in Elementary STEM Classrooms
Chapter 7: Exploring STEM and Creativity
Chapter 8: Bringing It All Together
Epilogue

PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES

• Figure 2.2: Sample Student Survey
• Figure 5.2: Guided Discovery Learning Steps Assessment Tool for STEM Lessons
• Figure 6.6: Example Rating Scale
• Figure 6.7: Examples of a Second Grader’s Answers to Key Questions
• Figure 6.9: Example Engineering Notebook Page Created for a Third-Grade Student
• Figure 8.4: STEM Lesson List from Mr. Collins’s Classes
• Figure 6.5: Example Scale for Students

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

BOOKS

• Cooper, D. (with Catania, J.). (2022). Rebooting assessment: A practical guide for balancing conversations, performances, and products. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Kise, J. A. G. (2021). Doable differentiation: Twelve strategies to meet the needs of all learners. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Ripley, D. (2022). The tactical teacher: Proven strategies to positively influence student learning and classroom behavior. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Wiliam, D. (2018b). Embedded formative assessment (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

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