STEM+ideas

Saturday Science ( STEM ) Seminars

Maybe you could offer these Saturday seminars that were open to preservice, inservice and maybe even community members. As an incentive you could offer either 1 credit for attending so many seminars which would appeal to the preserice teachers, continuing education credits or even the 1 credit to the inservice teachers. It would be great for preservice teachers and inservice teachers to learn together.

Each of these Saturdays might have a theme...they could be day long....they could offer lunch. There could be a time for connecting with instructors beginning to create a support system or network for preservice or inservice teachers.

For example, three Saturdays could focus on Magnetism and Electricity. The next three Saturdays would focus on Ecosystems and the final three would be something to do with Space science. Someone would develop a day of learning that truly encompassed each of the letters in STEM. The materials used could be inexpensive, easy to obtain so teachers would take this learning back to the students. They would have to be days that might appeal to a particualr grade cluster such as grades PK - 2, Grades 3-5 and so on.

Just some thoughts..

Finding the STEM in a Gardening project. Maybe students could design a campus garden that could be used for teaching science at UWA. Once the gadren was designed an built, it could be a sustainable project that would benefit many students. There could be more than one location for the gardens. It would be great if there was a garden available for the teachers and students at the campus school that was an outdoor clsssroomfor all at UWA.