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STARBASE Mission: To expose our nation's youth to technological environments... and Exemplary hands-on instruction and activities that meet or exceed the national standards.
Multilingual learners with their call sign table tents experimenting and working with 7 step vocabulary in a fluid station
- Accepted education majors took 6-10 credits of coursework and participated in a week-long internship during May and June 2022 and 2023 at STARBASE, as well as summer 2024 at Brockton Public Schools. Thanks to grant funding from the National Science Foundation, all coursework was free to accepted students!
- STARBASE is a STEM enrichment initiative for middle-schoolers funded by the US Department of Defense and located on military bases nationwide. Participation in STARBASE afforded our teacher candidates essential hands-on STEM experience, collaborating with multilingual learners within a proven and operational STEM environment.
Multilingual learners working on a force and motion activity with a teacher candidate
- In STARBASE, the teacher candidates facilitated multilingual learners’ engagement in scientific inquiries and model development, problem-solving, and the communication of ideas through both linguistic and visual means, such as charts, graphs, and simulations.
- It exposed teacher candidates to non-traditional educational settings where multilingual learners can thrive in STEM, enhancing their recognition of the need for equitable opportunities.
Multilingual learners working on a fluid station activity with a teacher candidate
- In STARBASE, the teacher candidates facilitated multilingual learners’ engagement in scientific inquiries and model development, problem-solving, and the communication of ideas through both linguistic and visual means, such as charts, graphs, and simulations.
- It exposed teacher candidates to non-traditional educational settings where multilingual learners can thrive in STEM, enhancing their recognition of the need for equitable opportunities.
Multilingual learners experimenting and working with 7 step vocabulary and planning and carrying out investigations
- The internship at STARBASE spanned five days, totaling 20 hours, and allowed teacher candidates to build rapport and learn about multilingual learners. The internship was taken in conjunction with SEI and PHYS 102.
- The curriculum included force, motion, the properties and states of matter, engineering design, robotics, and computer-aided design (CAD), all woven together with science and engineering practices.
Teacher candidates working on planning and carrying out investigations
Teacher candidates working on planning and carrying out investigations
Teacher candidates working with students on a force and motion activity (and Building DaVinci’s Bridge)
Teacher candidates working with students on a force and motion activity (and Building DaVinci’s Bridge)
Teacher candidates working on planning and carrying out investigations
Teacher candidates working on planning and carrying out investigations
A teacher candidate helping multilingual learners with computer aided design
A teacher candidate helping multilingual learners with computer aided design
What was the STARBASE internship like for BSU teacher candidates?
What was the STARBASE internship like for BSU teacher candidates?
During the internship program, students:
During the internship program, students:
- Were a teacher's assistant with a class of multilingual learners for the 5 days of their STARBASE experience.
- Planned and performed experiments that adapted instruction for the language skills of the multilingual learners in their class.
- Conducted a read-aloud and follow-up hands-on activities about a STEM professional who was a person of color in order to bring STEM career awareness to their students.
What was STARBASE like for elementary students?
What was STARBASE like for elementary students?
- Offered 5th grade students novel learning activities designed to increase their knowledge and understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
- Provided 25 hours of challenging and exciting learning through open-ended and guided inquiry activities about force, motion, energy, matter, the engineering design process, mathematics, and computer-aided design.
- Promoted positive self-esteem.
- Helped students set and achieve personal goals.
- Raised career awareness.
- Boosted student confidence in problem solving.
STARBASE students completing a variety of activities with BSU students.
STARBASE students completing a variety of activities with BSU students.
Testimonials
Testimonials
"I loved the relationships I created with the students during my internship and learned so much about working with an older grade!" (Year 1 Participant)
"I loved the relationships I created with the students during my internship and learned so much about working with an older grade!" (Year 1 Participant)
"The STARBASE internship was one of the best experiences I've ever had, it made me love teaching so much more than I already did. I am also not afraid of middle schoolers anymore and I'm very excited to one day teach middle school. All of the kids were so great and I learned a lot from them as much as I hope they learned from me." (Year 1 Participant)
"The STARBASE internship was one of the best experiences I've ever had, it made me love teaching so much more than I already did. I am also not afraid of middle schoolers anymore and I'm very excited to one day teach middle school. All of the kids were so great and I learned a lot from them as much as I hope they learned from me." (Year 1 Participant)
I'm so happy I got to be a part of this internship. It opened my eyes to a lot of different things and made me really excited to teach on my own. (Year 1 Participant)
I'm so happy I got to be a part of this internship. It opened my eyes to a lot of different things and made me really excited to teach on my own. (Year 1 Participant)
It made me feel like a real teacher making my own lesson plan and I loved being able to be more one on one with a smaller group of the kids! (Year 1 Participant)
It made me feel like a real teacher making my own lesson plan and I loved being able to be more one on one with a smaller group of the kids! (Year 1 Participant)
I was pleased with my ability to alter approaches and plans based on unpredictable circumstances, I gained confidence in my ability to communicate with students and fellow educators in a way that is productive to student learning. (Year 1 Participant)
I was pleased with my ability to alter approaches and plans based on unpredictable circumstances, I gained confidence in my ability to communicate with students and fellow educators in a way that is productive to student learning. (Year 1 Participant)
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