Try This: STEM Scooter Design

Autor/in	Preston, Christine
Titel	Try This: STEM Scooter Design
Quelle	In: Teaching Science, 64 (2018) 4, S.4-9 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-6313
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; STEM Education; Learning Experience; Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Student Interests; Weather; Preschool Curriculum; Context Effect; Physical Activities; Design; Models; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Creative Activities; Scientific Concepts; Mathematical Concepts; Comprehension; Active Learning; Problem Solving; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; STEM; Lernerfahrung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Studieninteresse; Wetter; Analogiemodell; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Aktives Lernen; Problemlösen; Australien
Abstract	This paper outlines a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning experience for children in the early years of school. It builds on STEM education in early childhood with a shared purpose, "to help children to explore and make sense of their world using childrelevant and appropriate contexts" (Preston, 2018 p. 137). The extended, multi-part learning experience was implemented over four one-hour lessons and formed the second half of a Foundation year unit of work that combined children's interests in riding scooters with curriculum content about weather. Children's learning about the wind is contextualised through a design problem where the force of the wind (moving air) is used to propel a scooter. This STEM experience was implemented in a school where children bring scooters to ride in the playground during break times promoting physical activity and resilience. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Science Teachers Association. P.O. Box 334, Deakin West, ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-02-6282-9377; Fax: +61-02-6282-9477; e-mail: publications@asta.edu.au; Web site: http://www.asta.edu.au/resources/teachingscience
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01