ED 6710 - STEM Integration in the K-12 Classroom: An Interdisciplinary Approach

This course is designed to provide an interdisciplinary methodology to teaching and incorporating STEM practices across all disciplines. This course will involve active participation as discovery/inquiry learning, integration practices, and performance-based assessments and tasks are explored. Participants will understand the importance of developing critical thinkers in the classroom who value and promote investigation, inquiry, exploration, and questioning. The specific skills and principles to be examined and incorporated into professional practices within all disciplines, as presented by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), include:

• Asking questions and defining problems

• Developing and using models

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Analyzing and interpreting data

• Using mathematics and computational thinking

• Constructing explanations and designing solutions

• Engaging in argument from evidence

• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information (3 Credits) Meets MED & CAGS concentration requirements: Curriculum & Instruction/ STEM