Practical Steps for STEM Inquiry

Practical Steps for STEM Inquiry

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Inquiry Skills
  • Technology
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • ...

Course Summary

This course will help you understand what STEM is and practical steps to incorporate strategies for STEM inquiry into everyday learning experiences. It will provide you with practical examples and activities that can be used in your primary classroom.

You will learn:

  • What STEM is and the importance of an integrated teaching approach.
  • How to identify concepts of STEM and make connections to everyday learning experiences.
  • Strategies for STEM inquiry, including using real-world problems, posing questions and challenges, planning STEM experiences, and reflecting, restesting, and retrying.
  • A range of practical activities to incorporate STEM into your teaching.
  • Ways to differentiate activities to suit your learning intentions.

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours:

Proficient Teacher:

  • 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
  • 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
  • 3.3.2 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving and critical and creative thinking.
  • 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT).

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Course Content

Introduction

Introduction

01.
Introduction
02.
What is STEM?
03.
Set some learning goals
Understanding STEM Integration

Understanding STEM Integration

04.
Integrating STEM
05.
Identifying STEM concepts
Planning a STEM Program

Planning a STEM Program

06.
Strategies for STEM inquiry
07.
Be inspired by the real-world
08.
Finding inspiration for STEM inquiry
09.
Posing questions and challenges
10.
Planning a STEM program
11.
Retry and recreate
12.
Share the learning
Teaching Tips

Teaching Tips

13.
Adapting STEM to your needs
14.
STEM mini challenges
15.
Strengthening your approach
16.
Reflection
Your Teaching

Your Teaching

17.
Cool lesson plans
Reflection

Reflection

18.
Taxonomy of learning
19.
Suggestions for collaboration
20.
Congratulations

Course instructors

Tracey Gray is a Scientist and an experienced science classroom teacher and early learning educator. She is passionate about creating innovative programs that integrate STEM and STEAM techniques and promote creative thinking, curiosity and problem solving. Tracey loves working with teachers and early childhood educators to improve their teaching practice and build their confidence in teaching STEM.

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 startup 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)!

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will this take to complete?

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Will I get proof of completion?

You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish, which you can access any time via your personal dashboard, it will also be sent to you by email.

Is this course accredited?

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours:

Proficient Teacher:

  • 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities.
  • 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area to develop engaging teaching activities.
  • 3.3.2 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving and critical and creative thinking.
  • 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI). However, it can be counted towards teacher identified learning hours (ACT).

What are the curriculum links?

  • Learning areas: Science, Technologies, Mathematics
  • General capabilities: Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking
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