- Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- STEM Education
- 10 Components of Quality STEM Education
10 Components of Quality STEM Education
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QUALITY STEM EDUCATION EXPERIENCES...
- are designed to engage the minds and imaginations of students of diverse academic backgrounds.
- are carefully designed to help students integrate knowledge and skills from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
- help students connect STEM knowledge and skills with academic standards from other non - STEM disciplines.
- are content-accurate, anchored to the relevant content standards, and focused on the big ideas and foundational skills critical to future learning in the targeted discipline(s).
- challenge students to develop higher-order thinking skills through processes such as inquiry, problem solving, and creative thinking.
- place students in learning environments that help them to better understand and personally consider STEM careers.
- often require students to work and learn independently and in collaboration with others using effective interpersonal skills.
- require students to demonstrate knowledge and skill, in part, through performance-based tasks.
- require students to demonstrate knowledge and skills fundamental to the engineering design process (e.g., brainstorming, researching, creating, testing, improving, etc.)
- provide students with hands-on experience in using multiple technologies. (Examples: computer hardware and software, calculators, probes, scales, microscopes, rulers, hand lenses and more.)
- are designed to engage the minds and imaginations of students of diverse academic backgrounds.