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Science is for everyone, kids includedWhat do science and play have in common? Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He's seconded by 12-year-old Amy O'Toole, who, along with 25 of her classmates, published the first peer-reviewed article by schoolchildren, about the Blackawton bees project. It starts: "Once upon a time ... "

Amy O'Toole describes her and her classmates' project, where they designed games and a puzzle for bees to observe how the bees problem solve. These students (who were 8 to 10 years old at the time of the project) designed the entire experiment, and they learned that through science, people of all ages can discover new things and learn through design and creation.

How can teachers motivate young students to design their own projects?
How do teachers let go of the need to control student learning and allow them to be in charge of their own learning?
How do you grade something like this?

Breakout EDU - Science Games:

https://platform.breakoutedu.com/category/science

Breakout EDU is a physical game kit and platform where students work together to solve various puzzles using critical thinking and team collaboration to open a locked box.

Articles

An article that explores the growth of content-specific vocabulary in Science and Math through STEM and PBL activities.

Bicer, A., Boedeker, P., Capraro, R.M., & Capraro, M.M. (2015). The effects of STEM PBL on students’ mathematical and scientific vocabulary knowledge. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2(2), 69-75.

The Exploratorium in San Francisco has a Tinkering Studio that encourages young people to make things to learn, from light up tiaras to acid and base paint sets. Other museums are also incorporating tinkering and makerspaces into their activities.

How Do We Get Middle School Students Excited About Science? Make It Hands-OnThe inquiry-based science curriculum at this middle school has students embracing a growth mindset, using technology purposefully and exploring their identities as scientists.

The Alternative School of Math and Science helps students learn science by doing science. From making sedimentary layers of different kinds of rock to designing spaceships, the students are learning to be scientists through creation.

(This is a duplicate article from the STEM page.)

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