STEM Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Making Connections

Learning Goals • Learning Goal: To make connections across math and science disciplines. Focusing

Mathematical Practices Scientific Practices and Skills Making Connections 1. Make sense of problems and

Lesson Structure Launch • Anticipatory set or opener to engage student schema before the

What is the teacher doing? Launch • Sets the stage to spark curiosity. •

“Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. When presented with a

Drop It! LAUNCH: • Review intended learning outcomes (ILO) for Utah students. • Watch

Looking back at our Learning Goals • Learning Goal: To make connections across math

What stuck with you? • Please describe what and how you intend to teach

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STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Making Connections Across Disciplines Piia Pehap

Learning Goals • Learning Goal: To make connections across math and science disciplines. Focusing on pedagogy that improves student learning and understanding. • Success Criteria: Create a plan for science instruction that integrates the pedagogical changes involving student exploration.

Mathematical Practices Scientific Practices and Skills Making Connections 1. Make sense of problems and persevere • Asking Questions in solving them 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Using mathematical and computational thinking • Analyzing and interpreting data 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others • Engaging in argument from evidence 4. Model with Mathematics • Developing and using models 5. Use appropriate tools strategically • Planning and carrying out investigations 6. Attend to precision • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information 7. Look for and make sense of structure • Analyzing and interpreting data • Construction explanations and designing solutions 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Lesson Structure Launch • Anticipatory set or opener to engage student schema before the exploration. Explore • Students work to explore an investigation to answer a question or to find an explanation. Discuss • Students share their findings and the classroom draws conclusions.

What is the teacher doing? Launch • Sets the stage to spark curiosity. • Establishes expectations. Explore • Asks why? • Looks for examples to share and how to scaffold the discuss. Discuss • Teacher directs sharing, encouraging students to question.

“Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. When presented with a cigar butt, the great fictional detective could deduce the age, profession, and financial state of it’s owner. His partner, Dr. Watson, who was not as sensitive to such matters, could only look on in baffled admiration, until the master revealed his chain of impeccable logic. When presented with the evidence of hexagonal snowflakes, mathematicians can deduce the atomic geometry of ice crystals. If you are a Watson, it is just as baffling a trick, but I want to show you what it is like if you are a Sherlock Holmes. ” Ian Stewart From Nature’s Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics.

Science Exploration Let’s get movin’

Drop It! LAUNCH: • Review intended learning outcomes (ILO) for Utah students. • Watch Physics Girl • How can we apply Utah’s ILO to the demonstration? EXPLORE: • AIMS Activity “Drop It!” • Key Question: How is the bounce of a ball related to the height from which the ball is dropped? DISCUSS: • Share data and outcomes

Looking back at our Learning Goals • Learning Goal: To make connections across math and science disciplines. Focusing on pedagogy that improves student learning and understanding. • Success Criteria: Create a plan for science instruction that integrates the pedagogical changes involving student exploration.

What stuck with you? • Please describe what and how you intend to teach science and why? • What support you need from your STEM Team?