ST(R)EAM: Ramp Up Your Literacy Lessons with STEAM Integration Amanda Cramer & Carla Marchant Hoover City Schools
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Why “Today’s educational paradigm is no longer one of knowledge transfer but one of knowledge creation STEAM? and curation . The “cells and bells” model had been prevalent for more than a century, but it is no longer relevant for today’s learners.” -Eric Sheninger and Thomas C. Murray, Edutopia What is powerful today? “...the power to create knowledge, evaluate it, apply it, and collaborate with others to capitalize on it.”. -Danny Steele, @SteeleThoughts 3
DLCS Where are we and why? 5 Strands of the Alabama DLCS 4
“The Course of Study standards are designed for use by educators across the curriculum at every grade level, so that these skills are cultivated throughout a student’s academic career (2016 ISTE Standards for Students).” 5
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In two or three columns Yellow Blue Red Is the color of gold, Is the colour of the Is the color of blood, butter and ripe clear sky and the and because of this lemons. In the deep sea. It is it has historically spectrum of visible located between been associated light, yellow is found violet and green on with sacrifice, between green and the optical danger and courage. orange. spectrum. 7
STEAM + What does this look like? 8
Literature that Lends Itself... 9
EDP What can a box be? 10
Chris Monroe Books 11
Kobi Yamada Books 12
Andrea Beaty Books 13
Art 14
Nursery Rhymes, Fairy tales and Folktales 15
Early Stem Chapter books Goldie Blox by Stacy McAnulty Zoey and Sassafras by Asia Citro Frank Einstein by Jon Scieska Franny K. Stein by Jim Benton Calpumia Tate, Girl Vet by Jacqueline Kelly Phineas L. MacGuire… by Frances O’Roark Ada Lace, on the Case by Emily Calandrelli 16
Older Chapter Book Series Chasing Vermeer by Balliet Secret Coders Gene Luen Yang The Invention of Hugo Cabret Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab by Bob Pflugfelder The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer Ellie Engineer by Jackson Pearce Girls Who Code by Stacia Deutsch EngiNerds by Jarrett Lerner Minecraft Series HowToons by Saul Griffith and Joost Bonsen Hello Ruby Series by Linda Liukas 17
Nonfiction Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark Grace Hopper Queen of Computer Programming by Laurie Wallmark A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jennifer Bryant Ruby Goldberg’s Bright Idea by Anna Humphrey Who Is… Series Who Was … Series Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca The Dr. With an Eye by Julia Finley Mosca Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly How to Build a Hug: Amy Guglielmo & Jacqueline Tourville Other STEM Book Ideas 18
Literacy Integration African American Biography Projects Link to Standards 19
STEAM How can it be done? 20
STEAM on a budget - HOW? Consumables Consumables Non-Consumables Boxes Buttons Legos Paper Towel Rolls Tape Pattern Blocks Toilet Paper Rolls Beads Unifix Cubes Fabric Cotton Balls Blocks Lego’s Plastic Spoons, etc. Square Tiles Craft Sticks Straws Magnets String Paper Marbles Q-Tips Markers Hot Wheels Cars Wooden Dowels Play-Doh Ramps Tissue Paper Pipe Cleaners Magnetic Marble Run Feathers Pom-Poms Tangrams Pool Noodles 21
Splurge a Little Engineering Coding Goldie-Blox Kits Dash and Dot Roloblox Sphero Make-Do Tool Set BeeBot Tubelox BlueBot K’Nex Ozobots Magformers Osmo Rig-A-Ma-Jig Lego WeDo 2.0 Rig-A-Ma-Jig, Jr’s LittleBits Lego Wall Makey-Makey Peradix Lego Mindstorms 22
Digital 23
Digital Tools Storybird FlipGrid Buncee Book Creator Nearpod Adobe Spark Minecraft EDU PowToon Bloxels Glogster Pixton Canva 24
Brainstorming Template STEAM Integration Template 25
Questions? Twitter & Instagram @TeamCramer3rd @MarchantTeacher Email innovatingdivas@gmail.com 26
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