STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
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List here examples of general STEM interest
Playlist of a number of young inventors is available at: https://www.ted.com/playlists/528/kids_teens_and_their_great_big_ideas
- Ask small groups to view the various videos and record the lessons learned from young inventors.
- Are these examples limited to just a few exceptional individuals, or might many young people across the globe to enjoy the same challenging experiences?
- As each video is examined and a list of characteristics developed, jigsaw groups of viewers and create a new list across all the videos in order to zero in on what seems to have worked across inventors.
- Ask the major question: How can adults mentors stimulate invention as a part of their educational experience?
- So what? What's next?
Young girls involved in making with a background musical interpretation.
- What is going on here?
Does the act of girls using fabrication equipment break any stereotypes?
Do parents appreciate this kind of activity at school?
What kind of school administrator welcomes this type of activity?
Inventions...the Real World. So you have some high schoolers who have a cool idea but they don't know what to do next. This video really captures ten great ideas that follow the idea through the entire process to the real thing ready to market. See it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smqfeBIMMqY
- Have the viewers write down the ten main ideas.
- Where are they right now on their invention?
- What ideas help the inventor spend the time and money to get a real product to market?
- What is next in the road ahead?
- And, idea number ten: Are we having fun?
He's back...wanting to invent something......and well...he does give some good advice at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75okexRzWMk
- What advice are the adults giving?
- What advice does our kid give?
- Any stimulation here for kids to create videos of their own about their inventions?
- Can humor and craziness help encourage and motivate?
Here is a Middle School that focuses on STEM. See it described at: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53331/how-do-we-get-middle-school-students-excited-about-science-make-it-hands-on
- What seems to work here? Is it really money?
- What kind of kids responds to discovery and problem solving?
- Is there any evidence that this school prepares early teens for high school and beyond?
- What kind of parents want their children in this school?
- Does this school accept visitors?
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