STEM and PBL in the Differentiated CLassroom

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STEM and PBL in the Differentiated ClassroomAlisa Downey and Tina CoffeySTEM Crazy Teachers

Engaging Students

• Engineering and Design Thinking at OGE Video

Create a Catapult

Your mission is to create a catapult to launch a puff ball using the materials given. Let’s see which group can launch the puff ball the farthest!

You will have eight minutes to create.

Catapult Competition

• Let’s put your catapults to the test.

•How far will your team’s catapult launch the pom pom?

Our Catapults

STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House

• Big Bad Wolf Video

The True Story of the Three Little PigsBy Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House

STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House

Technology:

Pic Collage

STEM Project: Fourth Little Pig’s House

STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen

Snowmen All Year Long by Caralyn Buehner

Provides leveled text, readers theaters, and take home books.

STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen

Technology:Beyond Penguins and Polar

Bears Websitehttp://beyondpenguins.ehe.

osu.edu/

Academic Differences: Grouping Options

• Purposeful grouping• Student choice/Teacher Choice

• Individual• Partner• Group

• Multi-leveled Design Briefs

Technology:

Camera App

STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen

STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen

Technology:

Pic Collage Technology:

Videolicious

STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen

STEM Project – Insulated Snowmen

Videolicious

• Snowman Video

Example 1Example 2

PBL Project: Free Little Librarieshttp://littlefreelibrary.org/

• The Librarian of Basara by Jeanette Winter

• That Book Woman by Heather Henson

PBL Project: Free Little Libraries

PBL Project: Free Little LibrariesTechnology:

Pic Collage

PBL Project: Free Little Libraries

PBL Project: Free Little Libraries

STEM Project: Famous Virginians to Life!

• VA Statues of Religious Freedom Video

Technology:

Do Ink Green Screen

STEMProject: Legos Houses Technology:

iMovie

STEMProject: Legos Houses Technology:

iMovie

Lego Movie Trailers

STEM Project: Becoming AuthorsTechnology:

Project: Rosa Parks Videos

Videolicious Video:

Technology:

Comments-Authentic AudienceTip: #Comments4Kids

Technology:

Twitter #Comments4Kids

Science -- Niche Bots

Science -- Niche Bots

• Niche Bot Video

Science – Niche Bots

Trading Card App from Read, Write, Think

Technology:

Trading Cards

Technology: Bridging Background Knowledge

http://iditarod.com/ http://itcteacheronthetrail.com/

Use videos, images, and text to help build prior knowledge.

Example: Iditarod

Example Project: Iditarod Tracking

Students research mushers and create a trading card on one of them. Students will follow 5 of the mushers during the Iditarod.

This Year’s Challenge: SPED Makerspace

• SPED Makerspace Video

Makerspace: Little Bits

STEM and PBL in the Differentiated Classroom

Find Design Briefs, Presentations, and Examples at http://www.STEMCrazyTeachers.com.

Tina CoffeyInstructional Technology Resource TeacherRoanoke County SchoolsEmail: tcoffey@rcs.k12.va.usBlogs: http://tcoffey.edublogs.org

Alisa DowneySpecial Education TeacherOak Grove ElementaryEmail: adowney@rcs.k12.va.usBlogs: http://kidblog.org/Thompson-Downey-4/