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Our STEM Philosophy
Our STEM Philosophy
At Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12, we believe that STEM is integrated, transdisciplinary, and student-centered. We identify four different strands of STEM. Scroll down to find out more about our vision and beliefs regarding STEM.
Discover the professional learning opportunities we are currently offering at Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 to support your STEM learning, programs, and initiatives.
LIU12 STEM Points of Contact
LIU12 STEM Points of Contact
Nicole Bond, Supervisor of Educational Technology (mailto:nabond@iu12.org)
Abbey Hathaway, Educational Technology Specialist (mailto:alhathaway@iu12.org)
Autumn Zaminski, Educational Technology Specialist (mailto:apzaminski@iu12.org)
Investigate opportunities and connections
Investigate opportunities and connections
Contact: Beth Myers, blmyers3@iu12.org
The STEM Email Group is the easiest way to stay up-to-date on all of the STEM and STEM-related opportunities for educators and students in our region.
Contact: Autumn Zaminski, apzaminski@iu12.org
Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 supports several different student competitions over the course of the year to help inspire and support both students and their educators to engage in STEM challenges and activities.
Contact: Abbey Hathaway, alhathaway@iu12.org
The FrAY Ecosystem meets monthly and offers opportunities to students, districts, and community members to develop the skills and mindsets in STEM that will result in college and career readiness for all through learning opportunities, networks, and student events to support STEM learning and grow economic development across the region.
Contact: Abbey Hathaway, alhathaway@iu12.org
Educators can complete short PD sessions in order to gain access to the items in the Lending Library. Once the corresponding courses have been completed, the items may be signed out for a period of 3 weeks at no cost. Prior district agreement must be made to participate in the Lending Library.
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LIU12 STEM Philosophy
LIU12 STEM Philosophy
See also, Pennsylvania's definition of STEM.
Contact Nicole Bond (nabond@iu12.org) for customized professional development around this philosophy for your district.
There are four strands of STEM. STEM learning utilizes one or more of these strands. The four strands are: Build, Code, Design, and Create.
STEM is about the process, not the product.
STEM utilizes a variety of processes. STEM instruction and assessment should focus on how students are sharing and experiencing their process and the feedback we give them. Each STEM strand has standards and/or processes associated with it. These include the Engineering Design Process (build), Design Thinking Process (Design), the K-12 CS Framework (code), and the ISTE Standards (create).
STEM is inherently interdisciplinary. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are fused together and combined with other subject areas to develop engaging and higher order thinking learning experiences. When STEM is approached in a transdisciplinary model, authentic, real-world, and career relevant concepts are added to the equation to create experiences students can become invested in and use to develop life-long STEM skills and traits. The connections students make in this model go beyond classroom content and reach the local or global community.
All students are capable of STEM Literacy and all students should have access to STEM. STEM learning should be equitable and available to all students. STEM curriculums should utilize the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines.
STEM education should be authentic and relevant. All STEM activities should connect, in some way, to real-world concepts and ideas. It should be clear how the activity is related to the reality of the world as well as career connections.
STEM is a culture. As a culture, STEM is about innovation, iteration, curiosity, and creativity. A STEM culture fosters these elements throughout every classroom.
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