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Our STEAM theme: Engineering a Global Perspective is integrated throughout content areas, making our program unique and innovative. Each value-added project is based on our school's six value-added standards.
Teachers refer to these value added standards on their daily lessons slides to show students the connections to classroom projects.
Students will conduct scientific investigations.
Students will conduct scientific investigations.
• Identify questions and use critical thinking to guide their own investigations
• Use the textbook as a reference tool rather than as the main or only source of information
• Use data collection tools to observe, analyze, and report results
• Use technical drawing to enhance understanding of scientific concepts
Students will collaborate to investigate and/or solve real problems in their community.
Students will collaborate to investigate and/or solve real problems in their community.
• Analyze community issues and needs to identify problems
• Plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions
• Cultivate partnerships with local and community professionals in the STEAM fields
• Participate in service-learning projects/activities aligned with the value added standards
• Contribute to online, collaborative citizen science and engineering projects
• Reflect on the investigative process and the role of the Arts in designing solutions
Students will demonstrate creative thinking and develop innovative solutions.
Students will demonstrate creative thinking and develop innovative solutions.
• Employ the engineering design process to generate new ideas, products or processes
• Engage in a variety of reflective processes to focus learning and achieve deeper understanding
• Use creativity and critical thinking skills to express ideas, identify problems, engineer solutions and make informed decisions
• Use digital tools and media rich resources to express personal learning in a creative format such as Everest Trek (math), Model UN (social) and Destination Imagination (after school)
Students will use digital media to communicate information effectively to multiple audiences.
Students will use digital media to communicate information effectively to multiple audiences.
• Engage in a wireless technology-rich environment, to seamlessly integrate technology and communication into the learning process
• Use effective design elements to create engaging and powerful communication
• Collaborate, interact, and publish with peers, experts or others, using a variety of digital media tools
• Create and build an e-portfolio to demonstrate learning, record progress toward goal and house products/accomplishments
Students will develop a cultural understanding by collaborating directly with learners of other cultures.
Students will develop a cultural understanding by collaborating directly with learners of other cultures.
• Analyze how human nature influences STEAM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math)
• Draw conclusions about the effects of STEAM disciplines to student experiences and in our lives see how human nature influences STEM and explore
• Seek and engage in a culturally-rich learning environment by exploring diverse global perspectives
• Interact with students and experts from culturally diverse backgrounds through video conferencing and Web 2.0 tools (interactive information sharing)
• Revise opinions, when evidence supports the change by exploring divergent perspectives encountered through academic experiences
• Contribute to online collaborative projects with classrooms across the globe (Weaver Lake, Africa, and China)
Students will share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as change agents of society.
Students will share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as change agents of society.
• Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge about societal and global problems
• Explore societal issues, problems and ethical dilemmas
• Apply STEAM skills and understanding to examine social issues, solve real problems and make concrete decisions
• Develop achievable action plans to solve authentic, real-world problems
• Demonstrate leadership and confidence by implementing action plans toward societal change
• Evaluate social action outcomes and make necessary revisions
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