Teaching STEM
User Pathways
Click2Science User Pathways are designed to support personal learning and developing your skills in teaching STEM in out-of-school time programs.
Planning STEM Learning Experiences
Find strategies for selecting STEM activities, preparing yourself, gathering materials, setting up the space and managing the group.
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Basics of Teaching STEM
Learn the basics of STEM teaching – strategies for asking great questions, keeping groups focused and productive, making meaningful connections and assessing what was learned.
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Engaging Youth
Develop strategies for leading fun and engaging experiences – encouraging collaboration, connecting to prior experiences and giving youth control of their own learning.
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Building STEM Identites
Prepare young people for a STEM future – helping them use STEM practices, develop their identity and make their own connections to careers that use STEM.
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Tips for Using Meeting Guides
Meeting resources are brief, 15-30 minute, professional development experiences intended to introduce or reinforce STEM skills for staff. They can be part of a regularly scheduled staff meeting or conducted virtually.
Learn MoreTips for Using Training Guides
Training resources are designed for hands-on, interactive professional development experiences. These trainings engage staff with new ideas through experiences, discussions, and interaction.
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Click2Science PD Framework
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Resources
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.
View GuideSkill: 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.
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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.
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Developing Your Best Strategies
Learn new strategies for documenting STEM learning.
View GuideUsing the Crosscutting Concepts – Cause and Effect
Learning about cause and effect is a great way to increase interest and engagement in science.
Learn MoreSkill: Modeling Science Practices
Using the Crosscutting Concepts – Patterns
Looking for, identifying, and using patterns is a vital concept in science and engineering
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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.
Learn MoreSkill: Enabling Active STEM Learning
WHAT ABOUT CHALLENGES?
Participants will reflect on programmatic challenges in order to add more active learning opportunities to their program.
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