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Skill: Asking Purposeful Questions

Using Questions for Many Purposes

Asking purposeful questions helps learners develop the skills to be successful in STEM.

Skill: Developing a STEM Identity

Let There Be Light Module

Participants will watch the “Let there be Light!” learning module to learn why STEM identities matter.

Skill: Asking Purposeful Questions

Let There Be Light

Youth are given the challenge to build a simple circuit. The facilitator uses purposeful questions to support and direct their learning.

Skill: Supporting Documentation of STEM Learning

Applying Strategies for Documenting STEM

Participants will document their learning with three activities: “Sink or Float,” “Paper Airplanes,” and “Amphibian/Fish Comparison”. They will also complete a self-reflection and set goals for their practice.

Skill: Supporting Documentation of STEM Learning

Developing Your Best Strategies

Learn new strategies for documenting STEM learning.

Using the Crosscutting Concepts – Cause and Effect

Learning about cause and effect is a great way to increase interest and engagement in science.

Skill: Modeling Science Practices

Using the Crosscutting Concepts – Patterns

Looking for, identifying, and using patterns is a vital concept in science and engineering

Skill: Modeling Science Practices

Getting the Most Out of NGSS: Using the Crosscutting Concepts

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Crosscutting Concepts provide us with a great way to help youth bridge science learning across various contexts.

Skill: Enabling Active STEM Learning

What About Challenges?

Participants will reflect on programmatic challenges in order to add more active learning opportunities to their program.