STEM Activities PD - 2021 Bundle

This bundle contains two trainings for teachers implementing STEM activities with their students. Training 1 focuses on creating a post-build routine to help students make connections and develop scientific reasoning and analysis. Suggestions for timing in self-contained and single-subject/elective schedules will be discussed.

In training 2, we'll discuss why learning to fail is so important and how to help students develop a healthy relationship with productive failure, even if you don't have one yourself.

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What's Included?

TRAINING 1: After the Build: When Deep Learning Begins (AKA: MAKING STEM CHALLENGES MEANINGFUL)

Do you love STEM Challenge Activities but find yourself rushed for time at the end to have students do the deeper work?

What you do after a STEM Challenge build phase has the power to transform a fun activity into deep, meaningful learning.

In this training, we'll cover:

• Introduction / Foundation (0:00)
• Silent Gallery Walk (5:20)
• Presentations / Q&A (5:52)
• Examples of Questions to Ask (9:31)
• Record & Reflect (15:12)
• Group Discussion (18:08)
• Why You Might Swap the Order (20:14)
• Extend (22:05)
• Multiple Iterations (22:30)
• Options Short Class Periods* (24:54)
• Using Others' Designs (25:35)
• Focusing Students' Attention for Better Analysis (28:24)
• Using Real-World Designs (30:28)
• Assessments (31:19)
• Review / Closing (32:37)

In addition to the video training, you'll also receive:

• Limitless Luck STEM Challenge
• Question Guide to Lead Students to Deeper Connections
• Sample STEM Schedules

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TRAINING 2: IF YOU WANT SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS, LET THEM FAIL

When we teach students how to succeed but not how to fail, we're only doing half the job. In this session, we'll go through tools, strategies, and action items so you aren't just letting students fail, but teaching them how to fail productively.

Time stamps:

• Obstacles to Teaching Productive Failure (2:51)
• Overview / Teacher To-Do List (3:59)
• Step 1: Write out Priorities (5:02)
• Step 2: Prepare for a Messy Time Investment (6:04)
• Step 3: Seize Organic Moments of Failure (9:04)
• Example Failure Discussion & Action Plan (14:19)
• Shifting Objectives and Modeling Emotion-Free Mistake-Making (24:30)
• Step 4: Reframing Failure (31:38)
• Step 5: Trigger Failure on Purpose (34:00)
• Failure Fridays (35:19)
• Step 6: Analyze Failure (39:56)
• Review / Closing (43:05)

In addition to the video training, this resource includes:

• STEM Ideals Set 1: Growth Mindset
• Motivational Quotes Posters
• Working through Student Shutdown in STEM Challenges
• PD session guide with Failure Tools

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What did Elementary STEM CON Attendees say about these sessions?

"This is one of the best sessions I have ever watched. I will not only be applying this to my classroom but to my kids at home. I love the idea that we need to not only teach students how to succeed but also how to fail!"

"This is going to be a life changer for me and my students. I loved the session!"

"Great ideas for extending lessons and getting students to really think about their ideas, what mattered, and how to try again. Loved it!"

"I ALWAYS learn so much when I watch your sessions. THANK YOU!"

"Such a great session! Inspires me to follow all the way through and give students a chance to process!"

"Thank you for your detailed explanations for what the reflective process after the build looks like."

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Elementary STEM CON & Beyond is an annual virtual conference that hosts thousands of teachers from around the world each spring. These sessions were presented as part of the 2021 event.

This resource is priced for a single viewer. For group and site license packages, please contact me using the Q&A tab on this page.