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Bevan, Bronwyn; Petrich, Mike; Wilkinson, Karen – Educational Leadership, 2015
Are makerspaces--where children can create gas-powered Roman chariots, singing greeting cards, or playdough circuit boards--just the site for a slightly wacky explosion of inventiveness? Or can these maker activities be channeled to support deep STEM learning? Bronwyn Bevan, director of the Exploratorium Institute for Research and Learning in San…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Class Activities, Teaching Methods, Hands on Science
Roseman, Jo Ellen; Koppal, Mary – Educational Leadership, 2015
When state leaders and national partners in the development of the Next Generation Science Standards met to consider implementation strategies, states and school districts wanted to know which materials were aligned to the new standards. The answer from the developers was short but not sweet: You won't find much now, and it's going to…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Science Education, Academic Standards, State Standards
Lynch, Sharon J.; Peters-Burton, Erin; Ford, Michael – Educational Leadership, 2015
In response to a report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, President Obama issued a challenge to the U.S. education system to create more than 1,000 new STEM-focused schools, including 200 high schools. Inclusive STEM-focused high schools--which focus their efforts on females, minorities, and students who are…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Educational Change
Hoachlander, Gary – Educational Leadership, 2015
In too many K-12 schools, notes Hoachlander, science, math, and technology are still taught in isolation from one another--and engineering is barely taught at all. Even when STEM content and skills are presented in an integrated fashion, they are rarely linked to the rest of the academic subjects or to real-world work in STEM fields. Hoachlander…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum, STEM Education, State Standards
Hill, Kimberly A. – Educational Leadership, 2012
The author, principal at North Point High School of Science, Technology and Industry in Charles County, Maryland, describes how the school merges traditional academic classes with cutting-edge career and technical education courses to prepare students for the real world. Realizing that its traditional "vo-tech" model was undersubscribed…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Science Course Improvement Projects, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs