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Integrating STEM Through Project-Based Learning
Cool+PrimarySecondaryFoundationYear 1 - 10MathematicsScienceTechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmentalSocialEconomicDesign ThinkingEnterprise Learning
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Course Summary
Course Content
Getting Started
01.
Introduction
02.
Set some learning goals
Why STEM?
03.
Imagine if....
04.
Meet your STEM expert
05.
What is STEM and why is it important?
06.
Making time for STEM
What Is Project-Based Learning?
07.
What is Project-based Learning?
08.
Digging into PBL
STEM and Project-Based Learning
09.
How is PBL especially relevant to STEM projects?
10.
How can Project-based Learning be used to integrate STEM in the classroom?
11.
What skills does PBL help students develop?
Delivering STEM PBL
12.
What are the steps in planning a PBL experience?
13.
Introduce a driving question and hold an entry event
14.
Develop the need to know
15.
PBL time
16.
Debrief and reflection
17.
Engaging experts
18.
Group work and PBL
Your Teaching
19.
Teaching tips
20.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection
21.
Reflection
22.
Taxonomy of learning
23.
Suggestions for collaboration
24.
Congratulations
Course Writers
Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experiencing working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.
Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech start-up and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!