STEM+and+PBL


 * The Web**

Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge - Great site loaded with resources, standards, and ideas. Either compete or just use the resources that are provided. Applicable to all levels of K12 education. Kids Science Challenge - Awesome and inspiring challenges involving bio-designed scientific inventions, sports on Mars, and detective science. be sure to check out the great podcasts listed in Pulse of the Planet. Young Scientists Challenge - Great resource for those students in the K-8. Lessons, multi-media, and lessons that can be incorporated into PBL National Engineer Week: Future City - Great Project Based Learning Activity incorporating STEAM along with Language Arts and Social Studies. Engage students with Sim City Software, model building, and a new curriculum designed to integrate. The Jason Projectt - Wow, what an awesome set of free digital curriculum filled with multi-media, simulations, readings, class activities, and projects! Check out that roller coaster simulation just to name one! Siemens Discover STEM Academy - Vast amount of lessons, multi media, activities along with webinars that are some of the finest for both student learning and teacher professional development. eGFI Dream Up The Future - A huge data base that will engage students with its colorful and students center interface. Make sure to check all the links including all the STEM resources found in the Teacher resource area. NSF Resources For STEM Education - A great collection of teacher resources, instructional material, assessment, and up-to-date research regarding STEM. PBS STEM Education Resources Center - Great information from PBS including engaging lessons, activities, and of course those award winning PBS videos. NSDL - The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resource tyhat include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations. Design Squad Nation - Another great service from PBS filled with some entertaining and engaging ways to integrate STEM into any classroom. Museum of Science - Great data base to search for lessons and ideas involving science, math, engineering from one of the finest science museums located in Boston.

Software

PLTW - Project Lead The Way has an great collection of resources for middle and high school. While the high school programs are more structured the middle school programs allow for a lot of flexibility. While this is not a free program it can be written into a lot of grant situations and can be embedded into the curriculum for all. Scratch - What an awesome program from MIT! It can be incorporated across the curriculum and of course allows for that fine arts integration. It allows for the implementation of 21st Century Skills. You will find a vast amount of information with a mountain of additional resources at my Wiki under the Scratch Navigation Button. Best of all it is free and at that price it is a better bargain then programs that can cost into the hundreds! SketchUp - A great Google product allowing you to bring design and CAD into the curriculum for free. Many states, including Indiana, have a free contact even for the Pro Version. It is so much fun to see how it integrates into Google Earth. Imagine the implications for social studies and science integration. Google Earth - Another Google product that can be used to integrate math, science, and social studies together. It really gives kids an opportunity to travel the world, create with SketchUp and never leave home. Check out all the lessons in the educational portion! GIS From ESRI - Another resource that will bring all the curriculum together, and almost fro free. I have included a link to a spot in this Wiki and will tell you how to order a book(s) for about $30. It will give you access to one year free software from ESRI, plus lessons that incorporate science, math, and social studies. Do a PBL project about your community and post it on-line and the software is free to your school for always! Check it out! White House Info - Want to learn more about STEM for Everyone and the White House perspective. Check out this press release along with related links and a video entitled, "Who Inspired You?" GPS Loaner Program - It is time to get kids outside and integrate the outdoors with STEM. Brings back my early days of outdoor education. I include this because it includes the opportunity for everyone to participate with GPS Devises because they are loaned out in class sets for free! Plus, check out all the resources on the site! Glogster - OK, I had to include a Web 2.o site that I think can apply across any curriculum. It is free and can be used for even a virtual Science Fair! Another chance for everyone and every curriculum! Concord Consortium - I have included this because it contains resources that allow you to use everyones sceince probes with their software. I included this link to an article in this Wiki that better describes this free web site. You can even build your own probes! Great data collection, models, simulations across Science and Math for everyone! New Science Standards Draft - An article from Education Week focusing on new Science Standards Draft including emphasis on Technology and Engineering. A must read for those intent on facilitating STEM education for everyone. You may want to also check this update from NSTA.