New Providence STEM
Our Mission
Our Mission
New Providence will prepare and inspire the next generation of students to meet the challenges of a global society through a series of rigorous and challenging courses in the integrated areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. The program will emphasize 21st-Century skills while incorporating ‘real world’ innovation, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving, in association with community and industry partnerships.
New Providence will prepare and inspire the next generation of students to meet the challenges of a global society through a series of rigorous and challenging courses in the integrated areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. The program will emphasize 21st-Century skills while incorporating ‘real world’ innovation, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving, in association with community and industry partnerships.
Guiding Principles
Guiding Principles
NPSD STEM Education
NPSD STEM Education
⚙️Problem-Based Learning (Real World/Interdisciplinary)
⚙️Problem-Based Learning (Real World/Interdisciplinary)
⚙️Rigorous and Challenging Learning
⚙️Rigorous and Challenging Learning
⚙️21st-Century Skills (4 Cs, presentation, technical writing)
⚙️21st-Century Skills (4 Cs, presentation, technical writing)
⚙️Personalization of Learning (based on relevance, student interest)
⚙️Personalization of Learning (based on relevance, student interest)
⚙️School Community Involvement
⚙️School Community Involvement
⚙️External Partnerships
⚙️External Partnerships
(Adapted from Stem School Study, STEM Lesson Essentials)
Enduring Understandings
Enduring Understandings
The STEM program:
The STEM program:
⚙️will provide real-world, rigorous, and relevant learning experiences for students
⚙️will provide real-world, rigorous, and relevant learning experiences for students
⚙️is validated by industry demands for critical thinkers and problem solvers
⚙️is validated by industry demands for critical thinkers and problem solvers
⚙️will develop STEM Literacy and 21st-Century skills
⚙️will develop STEM Literacy and 21st-Century skills
⚙️will create ‘STEM’ as a culture, not just a class
⚙️will create ‘STEM’ as a culture, not just a class
⚙️will prepare students for STEM-related careers in the global economy
⚙️will prepare students for STEM-related careers in the global economy
⚙️will teach design as an iterative process - failure is the point of re-evaluation, not the endpoint
⚙️will teach design as an iterative process - failure is the point of re-evaluation, not the endpoint
