TEAM: BioChemmunication Members: Mary Lavick, Kim Heal PROJECT SUMMARY: Our project involved an exchange between Ms. Heal’s AP Biology class in Smithtown, NY and Mrs. LaVick’s AP Chemistry class in Rice Lake, WI. Early in the year, Mrs. LaVick’s class made Glogs that summarized important ideas from chemistry. These helped her students review basic chemistry concepts and Ms. Heal’s students learn these concepts. Later in the year, Ms. Heal’s …
TEAM: sySTEMic Power Members: German Robledo, Ruth Still, Sandra Trevino PROJECT SUMMARY: STEM education programs grow through staff development and teacher collaboration. One teacher can institute change in an entire district by sharing ideas, tools, and strategies that get students excited about coming to class. The information we learned at the 2010 Siemens STEM Institute changed the way we approach lesson creation, information delivery, and student assessment by introducing us to …
Keywords: collaboration, STEM, Web 2.0 tools, assessmentViews: 1323
As part of the Siemens/Discovery Education STEM Institute (summer 2010) this Challenge-Based Learning Project was created. Objective : Students will collaborate as both a team and remotely (a team in Chicago) to research a real world problem (energy sources), conduct research, generate & defend a position, test design, and communicate their results to an authentic audience using technology tools. Question : Which form(s) of energy (coal, wind, or hydro) best serves the needs of …
TEAM: International Energy Challenge MEMBERS: Kristy Lathrop, Terri Johnson PROJECT SUMMARY: The International Energy Challenge was a collaboration between 5 schools from the United States, Australia, and Peru. The students were challenged to research the question, "Energy and Environments: Can we have both?" Each group of students collaborated with partners across the globe in their search as they formulated opinions on the various energy sources. The culminating …
Keywords: energy, international, challenge, energy sources, alternative energy, power, collaborationViews: 921