Hey everyone! My name is Raven Hlavenka, I am a future 4-8 science teacher! I am currently a junior at the University of Texas at Tyler. This is my first Twitter chat, so I am super pumped!! #scitlap#Sp19edfb4338
A1: STEM, as a buzzword, shows how important a multidisciplinary approach to education is. We have to stop teaching things in isolation in order to give our students the most realistic idea of what their future will look like. #scitlap
A1. STEM is a multidisplinary where activities and projects can cross several paths. We need to get our Ss to do active hands on learning where they can apply their skills and creativity. #scitlap
What a great answer. And we can change our science classes into more of a STEM environment just by bridging that curricular gap and explicitly making connections for our students. #scitlap
A1 Well we all know acronyms rule the school, lol.
But seriously, STEM is the future. When they say we are preparing kids for jobs that don’t exist yet - we are talking about creative problem solving of STEM. #SCITLAP
A2: A STEM approach to science content can simply mean an inquiry-based approach, as opposed to "sit and get." It won't always be possible to incorporate tech, engineering or math, but we CAN alter the WAY in which we teach. #scitlap
A1 STEM has taken over schools because it incorporates different subjects to a lesson instead of teaching individual subjects. This reflects life, multiple things will come your way all at one time, not individually! #scitlap#Sp19edfb4338
A2) I really love the "let's start with a problem" approach to challenges and projects. I could/should DEFINITELY do more of this, if I'm being totally honest. #scitlap
I'm taking a risk and pushing for single graded middle classes. Team teach yet full autonomy for pbl. STEM across all disciplines would be STEMLASS? #scitlap
A2 I feel the difference is in the focus. With STEM we include teaching and focus on other topics other than just the science. Math is used purposefully, for instance, not just happenstance. #scitlap
It's scary! When I was still strictly science, it was tough to really let go and just give the students a set of materials and a challenge. But the learning that occurs in those situations.......WOAH. Amazing! #scitlap
A1 I think it’s always been there, but now more purposeful. Realizing that science (and outdated scientific method) are not an island. There is not one path, not one answer. #SciTLAP
A1. In traditional science teaching, your not solving problems related to everyday life that allows for hands on learning. Recipe type science. STEM, were looking at multiple aspects of a problem, hands on learning, multidisplinary areas. #scitlap
A2. A true STEM approach (including the engineering component) allows a student to experience the content and it's applications in many different ways. #scitlap
A3: I always have to mention @scratch. It was invaluable in my science classroom AND allowed me to bring in tech skills that the kids weren't getting anywhere else at the time. #scitlap
An integrated approach among subjects, with real world problems to be analysed and solved, is very different from traditional memorizing science related concepts #scitlap
A3: Scratch code animated models instead of vocab/flash cards to learn part of a cell or atoms. We're dong Sun, Moon, Earth with Cospaces/Merge Cubes. Rotation directions, based on a 120 sec yr how long is a month, # moon rotations... #scitlap
A3 I hope to bring virtual labs into my classroom with tecnology! While observing, I have seen teachers have different videos and websites students look up and watch to then answer questions! #scitlap#Sp19edfb4338
A1 STEM & STEAM important because we need to replace retiring Space Race engineers at rate of 3% a year and we are not on pace. STEM Is based on application and self-reliance. #scitlap
A3) I haven't branched into coding in my classroom (yet) but I love using tech platforms such as padlet to share. Recently we had Ss record audio interviews, post on Classroom, then listen to and give feedback on each other's posts. #scitlap
A3 I have students enter data into Gforms to collect lots of data from many periods. More sample size. Makes for great conversation about measurement, data, reliability, and precision. #scitlap
A2 I’ve been teaching science over 25 years. When I started it was all about inquiry but STEM added in “technology, design and application. NGSS added. Claim, evidence and reasoning which was old inquiry. #scitlap
A4: I'm not in the science classroom anymore, but I loved using the @FOSSscience kits during earth science last year to bring concepts to life. #scitlap
Very, very, very clear expectations and procedures! Make sure you circulate consistently so that they have no choice but to stay on task - because you're always watching! An engaging task will eliminate the majority of those issues. #scitlap
SO excited for this when our new #SEGWarriorNation STEM Lab opens this coming August. 3D printers, laser cutter, CNC milling machine, power tools galore....it's going to be amazing! #scitlap
More of an E for engineering. I don’t know my letters apparently. In my defense, I was thinking of my school’s technology exploratory, which has a lot of design process and building. #scitlap
A3 I like @EiE_org introduces technology in their units. Technology is man made things that solve a problem. Our SIMS, iPads and science instruments are technology. I like the project where kids redesign. Now with 3D printers, laser cutters and tinkecad options galore #scitlap
Not sure if this will play, but here's an interview of a parent who had a HS chem teacher who applied for the same program as Christa McAauliffe. #scitlaphttps://t.co/LrddIk3y0e
80 lb paper air rockets: Energy, air Pressure, velocity. Attached Google Science Journal running on droid phone. Failed to lift very high but we got some readings. W/o the phone we get pretty high. #scitlap
A4. While studying erosion, we launched an activity to use broken bricks from a torn down wall as riprap to reduce erosion of soil caused by water runoff near a sidewalk. #scitlap
In our units kids design food bars for rescue workers and natural disasters victims. Simulator tests how levels and kids adjust, kids design portable incubators that use chemicals to create heat, pancake engineering is my personal favorite #scitlap
A4 the classic boat building to study buoyancy. Kids love it and I tie it into energy now too. I have plans for water bottle rockets this year too. #scitlap
A5: One of my all-time favorite lessons was always osmosis using gummy bears. There was a LOT of graphing involved and determining percent change among variables! #scitlap
Great advice from @megan_hacholski . Proximity control is best. Be very clear with expectations - I really like honest conversations, not talking at them...Technology is a privledge, even though our Ss May see it as a right. #scitlap
A5 I do a measurement lab using displacement to calculate volume and reach percentage of change to calculate decrease in mass & volume once apple partially eaten, Ss generate individualized research data and use math to analyze, #scitlap
A5. Aounf Thanksgiving, we tested cranberries by bouncing them to see which were good and bad. Out of the batch they had forming fractions, answering number questions, designed for experiment. #scitlap
A4) a NEW STEM challenge for us this year was related to our MS "one read" of A Long Walk to Water. 3 teachers challenged students to create a pipeline capable of delivering water from one tank to another #scitlap@LindaSuePark@WaterforSoSudan
The teacher was actually accepted to the program! And could you imagine watching LIVE in a classroom of students, knowing a teacher was on board? #scitlap
Q6 While student teaching, I realized the biggest thing that changed was having GREAT classroom control. This was the only class the student got to move around and be hands on! After the 1st go around, the instruction and expectations were better stated! #scitlap#Sp19edfb4338
Our 6-8 graders and all faculty read the book over winter break and our first 2 hours back at school in January were devoted to student selected activities (ed-camp style) #scitlap
In reply to
@TracyMailloux, @LindaSuePark, @WaterforSoSudan
A6 getting everyone on board! The students will jump on board right away... it's getting fellow teachers and even some admin to support this change! #scitlap
A7: Get creative with recycled materials, or look into an all-inclusive option like @FOSSscience if your district is ready to take that plunge. #scitlap
Inventive use of time. I used my prep period to push in to another class. Brought my middle's with me and we taught Scratch. Scratch'd the surface & gave elem T's a tool. #scitlap
A7 Talk to other teachers in STEM fields. I talk to the PLTW (tech/engineering) teacher in our school about activities he does to make sure I don't repeat and get ideas to work on. #scitlap
Hello #SciTLAP I’m busy still at work, but wanted to say hello! I’m grading tests & thinking I should graph these results & show them the weird inverse U that I’m seeing. Either that, or...
A7) for true authentic STEM challenges we need time, resources, overlapping schedules. And some measurable output. Not sure I have control over any of these.... #keepingitreal#scitlap
A7. Utilize your space and spread out. It's your choice as to the projects you design or create, most Ss like messy things. The messier, the better! We work 1:1 with S all the time. #scitlap
20 years in, and my last class of the day is always the better than my first. We are lucky to get to teach science, the hands on piece is definitely a benefit. #scitlap
A7) Having said that, I do them small scale. A little is better than none. And if a 6th/7th grader remembers the process,that's really what's important! #scitlap
A7) for true authentic STEM challenges we need time, resources, overlapping schedules. And some measurable output. Not sure I have control over any of these.... #keepingitreal#scitlap
A6 more time to gather materials, more funding to purchase materials, lots of risk, but also more engagement & great opportunity to involve parents. #scitlap
A8: I reached out towards the beginning of the school year to @lessonsbykamar, who works for @GoogleForEdu. He was more than willing to Google Hangout with a group of my 8th graders, and they absolutely LOVED it! Never hurts to ask! #scitlap
A7 partner with those teachers, I teach in a k-8 campus. I offer my lab during prep & lunch, all our materials or offer to order, team teach a lesson or send my Ss to teach. I hope to do more Older teaching younger Ss. #scitlap
A7) We've brought in a chef, programmers, a race car driver, animal care group, and a graphic artist from a vid game company over the years. Someday I want to bring back my alum and have them share. #scitlap
A8 Excellent follow up to last week’s chat. Connecting with real life scientists is a great idea for questions, future careers, and connections. #SciTLAP
A8 I organize a STEM based career night and invite the entire community, I partner with NASA engineers for a visit, our units have features on scientists in the field, we tour research labs at UC Berkeley and always looking for more connections. #scitlap
I had a student reach out to me while she was studying environmental science in college. She spent they day with me and my classes, it was great. #scitlap
