Encouraging Collaborative STEM Work
Staff and volunteers will understand that collaboration and interaction are necessary in science and engineering learning experiences and be able to effective facilitate collaborative STEM learning experiences.
As a result of ongoing, consistent professional development efforts, staff and volunteers will be able to:
- Describe the value of collaborative efforts in terms youth can understand and provide real world examples.
- Portray science as a collaborative effort that involves groups of people working together to solve problems and build explanations of the natural world.
- Facilitate STEM activities in which youth develop the skills to collaborate and cooperate effectively.
Resources
Skill: Encouraging Collaborative STEM Work
Group Collaboration
Participants will watch the Group Collaboration Learning Module and create SMART goals to learn how to help youth collaborate.
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Helping Youth Work Together
Participants will discuss the Supporting Youth Interactions in STEM Exploration Video-Based Learning Module in order to better support youth to work together.
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Keep Youth Interacting
Participants will watch the Keep Youth Interacting Video-Based Learning Module and create SMART goals to learn how to help youth collaborate.
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Teaming Up for Success
Participants will watch the Modeling Effective Collaboration Video-Based Learning Module and conduct the Okefenokee Engineering Challenge in order to understand how engineers collaborate.
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Watching for Best Practices
Participants will compare a fact sheet with videos in Keeping Youth Interacting to see how facilitators encourage youth to collaborate.
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Working Together
Participants will watch the Inspiring Youth in STEM Video-Based Learning Module and Conduct the Sink and Float activity to learn how roles can support youth to collaboratively build ideas and use materials.
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Keep Youth Interacting
STEM activities are engaging, interactive, and hands-on experiences for youth. But what happens when members of a group are not interacting? In this video, pay close attention to how the facilitators work with a group if members become disengaged. Listen to the supportive but firm voice of the adult, as she re-directs the group. Pay special attention to how staff listens, maintain a supportive attitude, and model effective collaboration skills.
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Group Collaboration
Collaboration is an effective strategy to increase STEM learning especially when it happens during group work. Watch an experienced frontline staff member lead groups in the re-design process using group collaboration.
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Partner Collaboration Impacts Youth Collaboration
Looking for new ways to connect with STEM partners? Click2Science has partnered with National Girls Collaborative to share best practices for collaboration. Program collaborations can help foster an interactive environment for youth and teach them a valuable 21st century skill. Learn how partnering and collaborating with programs can model these skills for youth.
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