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🌸 Lilly Lab 5: Pilot STEAM Edition – Enrichment Program Overview
🌸 Lilly Lab 5: Pilot STEAM Edition – Enrichment Program Overview
Program Type
Program Type
Hands-On, Experiential STEAM Enrichment with Family Engagement
Hands-On, Experiential STEAM Enrichment with Family Engagement
Program Highlights:
Program Highlights:
Hands-On Projects: Students engage in creative, real-world challenges across science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. Example: Build a bridge, code a Scratch animation, create a homemade instrument.
Hands-On Projects: Students engage in creative, real-world challenges across science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. Example: Build a bridge, code a Scratch animation, create a homemade instrument.
Interactive Learning: Each week combines a short lesson with engaging activities and optional family involvement.
Interactive Learning: Each week combines a short lesson with engaging activities and optional family involvement.
Field Exploration: Visits to various sites in Central Florida to bring STEAM concepts to life.
Field Exploration: Visits to various sites in Central Florida to bring STEAM concepts to life.
Guest Experts: Engineers, artists, and STEM professionals inspire students and show career possibilities.
Guest Experts: Engineers, artists, and STEM professionals inspire students and show career possibilities.
Family Engagement: Activities, discussion prompts, and take-home challenges let families learn and explore together.
Family Engagement: Activities, discussion prompts, and take-home challenges let families learn and explore together.
Educational Foundation & Learning Resources
Educational Foundation & Learning Resources
Explore these websites to learn more about the types of learning experiences featured in Lilly Lab 5. Each resource provides insights, examples, and research you can read and apply at home or in the classroom.
Explore these websites to learn more about the types of learning experiences featured in Lilly Lab 5. Each resource provides insights, examples, and research you can read and apply at home or in the classroom.
Supporting Resources & Exploration Tools: Please each category below for more details
References – Lilly Lab 5: Pilot STEAM EditionÂ
References – Lilly Lab 5: Pilot STEAM EditionÂ
Program Foundations (Research & Curriculum Rationale)
Program Foundations (Research & Curriculum Rationale)
Buxton, C., & Crespo Camacho, D. (2024, April 22). The role of family engagement in promoting STE(A)M learning. CADRE. Retrieved from https://cadrek12.org/resources/blogs/role-family-engagement-promoting-steam-learning
Education Commission of the States. (2022, March). Research and policy implications of STEAM education for young students. Retrieved from https://www.ecs.org/wp-content/uploads/Research-and-Policy-Implications-of-STEAM-Education-for-Young-Students.pdf
Miller, A. (2017, May 25). PBL and STEAM education: A natural fit. Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-and-steam-natural-fit-andrew-miller
TinkRworks. (n.d.). STEAM curriculum. Retrieved from https://tinkrworks.com/steam-curriculum/
Supporting Resources
Supporting Resources
Family Engagement Tools:
STEM Next Opportunity Fund. (2021, October 13). STEM family engagement planning tool. Retrieved from https://stemnext.org/stem-family-engagement-planning-tool/
YouTube Videos:
YouTube. (2019, June 12). STEAM education: Putting an A in your STEM [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8h72JbCiTw
YouTube. (2020, March 4). How STEM and STEAM shape the future [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QAhaF60kYM
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