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How to Increase Student Engagement During Project-Based Learning

STEM Sport

This learning style is commonly used when teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) because its real-world connections help students gain a deeper understanding of complex concepts. Regardless of grade level, it can be difficult to keep students engaged throughout project-based lessons.

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Summer Games STEM Challenges for 3-5 (Third Grade, Fourth Grade, and Fifth Grade)

Carly and Adam

Don’t just teach about the Summer Olympics with your upper elementary students! Engage them in a hands-on learning experience with STEM! The Olympics offer a dynamic setting for interactive learning, particularly for students from third to fifth grade. 5 Summer Olympics STEM Challenges for Upper Elementary 1.

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Empowering Tomorrow's STEM Leaders: The Role of Coding in Grades K-5

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Coding cultivates vital skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and computational thinking, applicable throughout the curriculum. It fortifies math proficiency, enriches scientific comprehension, and instills engineering mindsets. It also acquaints students with technology and digital literacy.

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St. Patrick's Day STEM Centers

Carly and Adam

Patrick's Day STEM Centers transform the classroom into a dynamic learning environment, where students engage with science, technology, engineering, and math through themed activities. Students can create their own art or be inspired from some of the included inspiration images. Paddy's Day-themed puzzles.

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Fairy Tale STEM Challenges and Activities

Carly and Adam

Fairy tales are more than just enchanting stories that whisk children away to a magical realm; they are a treasure trove for igniting imagination and critical thinking through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) challenges. Engineer Houses for the Three Little Pigs 4.

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Engineering Education for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Content, Pedagogy, and Assessment

National Science Foundation

Engineering learning is a lifelong process that starts from a very young age as children discover the world through tinkering, touching, and being curious. Some refer to children as natural engineers (Dorie et al., Young children naturally and informally engage in engineering-related behaviors and activities (Petroski, 2003).

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The Important Role of STEM Curriculum in Middle School and High School Education

CTE Learning

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum at the middle school and high school levels has emerged as a transformative force. You cannot teach engineering or technology without including science and mathematics.