STEM Ambassadors Curriculum

STEM Ambassadors Orientation _2022

Want to get an idea of what we will be doing? Check it out on this slideshow!

Classes begin the week of April 1! Contact Nguyen@sarahheinzhouse.org if you have any questions about training and contact ttodd@andrew.cmu.edu

Want to set up your google site? -- you can use this youtube video to help you get started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzJzAScdKQ

STEM Ambassadors Class 1

During our first class we:

introduced ourselves
took a pretest
began to think about when learning happens
Developed STEM Ambassador guidelines for when we are in class
introduced the structure of the class

For your asynchronous work --

please begin to create your google site.
1. Your site should have an all about me, a blog, and a portfolio for your work
Do your "teach me anything" exercise!

STEM Ambassadors - class 2

During class 2 we:

talked about how we would create a Culture of Learning in our classrooms
discussed Growth Mindset and STEM identity
Used the engineering and design process to make a lesson on the fly
looked at the parts of an empowered classroom

Asynchronous work 4/10 :

Creating a culture of learning tool (please look at slideshow for more information!)
Watch/read/use one of the lessons made by your peers - Give feedback on one or two of the lessons linked on people’s sites

SA class 3

The “journey” of creating might be really messy and that is ok
Maker Mindset vs. STEM classroom (very similar) but they are both there to create learner agency and provide tools to help our students solve problems
Learner Agency is students have an active part in their learning experience both in decision making and being invested in the learning
You (the teacher) are the guide and the structure to help them feel safe and have the ability to experience learning in the classroom
- Guide to the side and not the sage on the stage : You don’t hold the key to all knowledge – instead you can help guide our students to the tools. You shouldn't do the work for them, but help encourage them towards the right paths.
- You provide structure - rules, consistency, routine that allow students to excel

For our work this week:

For your work this week – I can give you a few extra days since I am late – is to create a scratch project that shows me how you will guide and provide structure in your classroom. This may mean that you create an animation showing how you would deal with an individual student, it may show how you envision your classroom as a whole, or it may show how you view your role, for example.

If you need help go to: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

The objective of this assignment is:

learn or sharpen your skills in scratch - block based coding is everywhere and it is good for our to brush up our skills
Think through scenarios in our classrooms where you will need to provide structure or support for your students – how will you do that?

Let's talk coding

STEM Ambassadors Class 4

For week 4 you will:

Write about:
1. We hope to build problem solving skills in our students.
  1. If a student was stuck, what are some methods you could use to help guide them into unstuck? (See slide 5)
2. We talked about how Maker culture is about the journey less than the product - specifically in our spaces.
  1. When is learning finished? Does the product matter?
  2. Are you able to be flexible and change the product, if the process provides the same lessons?

Create something on https://studio.code.org/projects/public
1. In the top right corner there is a create drop down menu
2. Go to dance party, artist, or sprite lab – make one and have some fun playing around
3. Record what you make (screencastify or other screen recording software) and then put the video on your page
4. Feel free to play around on the other projects but those were the simplest to get to.

STEM Ambassadors - Class 5

Class 5

Learning to manage our classroom with the 3 (or 4?) cs

https://sites.google.com/bgcwpa.org/bgcwpa-intro-stem-summer-2023/home

- Pick one of these lessons and write a one page reflection of how you would use this material in your classroom.
  - Things to consider during your reflection:
    - What should you prepare?
    - How would you introduce this lesson?
    - How would you check for understanding?
    - How would you make sure learners are engaged?
    - What problems would you potentially encounter?
    - Other things that worry you about this lesson
    - How would you wrap up and reflect with your students about this lesson?

Create your own “teacher slideshow” - introduce yourself and tell us about what you expect in a classroom

SA_ Class 6

CLASS 6 - practice teaching

Today we will practice leading the flow of the classroom.

Asych Work - week 6:

8 - 10 other games: Often there is downtime at the end of class, or things don’t go the way you planned them and you need to be able to pivot quickly. Create a list of 8 - 10 games, prompts, making things that you could use with a group of kids that would be feasible in a makerspace/STEM Room and would continue the mission of “building a culture of learning” or developing student’s “STEM Identity.” (Pechflickr, in my mind, would be one of those examples. Another might be to create the perfect tool for the world's worst villain - silly and fun are good!). Do a few that need no resources and a few that might need limited resources. Try to be as original as possible.

write me a short bio about you and what you will bring to the classroom this summer and add a picture of you - expect this to be published somewhere publicly. (this may be a summary of your Bio page. Please make this a one page document that is correctly formatted that I could hand to someone - picture too!

STEM Ambassadors class 7

Class 7 - managing behaviors

Many students -- up to all of us -- experience some sort of trauma or difficult situations in our lives. Remember to use compassion as we work with our students and keep in mind the "invisiable backpack" they carry with them

Your asynchronous work –

Part 1:

Define self regulation skills
Describe some techniques you can/would/do use?
How will you model these for your students?
Can you play games that intentionally teach self regulation skills to our students?

Part 2: (this week or next)

Use Stop Motion Studio (you would need to download the app on your phone) or any stop motion software to make a stop motion video that talks about one of your biggest takeaways from the program

STEM Ambassadors Final Countdown

Let's get ready to go!

During our final class we are doing a lot of logistics work.

Things to do:

Await email for worksite and final pieces
finish asych work
take test - https://forms.gle/4smdCcLfE8kGt9a77
do the final survey - https://forms.gle/nomTjoCBhVW5UJ4eA
fill out the when you can work: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebZBZz8Wu28qHl44tlaK13Zznw3NwRvw0BqOudHzwE0zbClg/viewform?usp=sharing

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