Preparing for Success in STEM
Staff and volunteers will be comfortable selecting and facilitating STEM activities that engage learners' interest and experiences; and create a space for learning that is safe, welcoming and engages individuality.
Skills
Skill
Creating STEM Learning Environments
Staff and volunteers will arrange their environment to maximize youth engagement and support physical and emotional safety during STEM activities.
ResourcesSkill
Preparing STEM Learning Opportunities
Staff and and volunteers will prepare high-quality STEM activities for youth.
Resources
Resources
Skill: Creating STEM Learning Environments
A Challenge in Space
Participants will design a model learning environment in order to create physically safe and productive STEM learning spaces.
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Creating Learning Environments That are Out of This World
Participants will compare in-school and out-of-school time learning environments in order to design engaging OST spaces.
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Looking for STEM in all the Right Places
Participants will plan four off-site learning opportunities to learn to prepare and plan safe STEM learning opportunities and environments.
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Space: The Final Frontier
Participants will critique drawn models of their learning spaces in order to creatively use the physical space in their program.
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We’re Going to the Zoo
Participants will plan a safe and engaging STEM field trip in order to creatively use physical space.
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Working through Issues in Space
Participants go on a STEM Learning Environments walk-through to learn to get youth actively engaged in STEM learning.
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Setting Up for Computer Science Success
Participants will discuss ways to set up a space to be more effective for computer science activities.
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Creating a To-Do List
Participants will create a detailed lesson plan to learn to prepare for STEM learning.
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Getting Comfortable Selecting STEM Activities
Participants will reflect on their management of materials to learn to better prepare for STEM learning.
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