2. 6 Characteristics of Great STEAM Lessons
• Connect Science,Technology, Engineering, Art & Math
• Real world learning
• Hands-on inquiry
• Cooperative learning
• Multiple right answers
• Engineering Design Process (EDP)
Adapted from edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/06/17/ctq_jolly_stem.html
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“… all children could and
should be inventors of their
own theories, critics of
other people’s ideas,
analyzers of evidence, and
makers of their own
personal marks on this
most complex world.”
- Deborah Meier (2002)
Why STEAM?
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“Scientific work undertaken
by members of the general
public, often in collaboration
with or under the direction
of professional scientists and
scientific institutions.”
- Oxford English Dictionary
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