• Strategy: Supporting Youth Development Through STEM
  • Skill: Connecting to Prior Knowledge & Experiences
  • Time: Length: 60 minutes
  • Guide Type: Training (large group)

Improving Connections

Participants will design dough creatures to learn to connect youths' prior experiences to STEM activities.


Objectives

Participants will design dough creatures to learn to connect youths’ prior experiences to STEM activities.

 

Agenda

Welcome—5 minutes

Silent Introduction—5 minutes

See the Skill in Action –10 minutes

  •  Linking my Experiences to Societal Needs video-based learning module

Planning to Connect Experiences to Learning—10 minutes

Hands-on Learning—20 minutes

  •  Dough Creatures

Conclusion – 10 minutes