Cost: $25
STEMteachersNYC delivers professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching, since 2011. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. CUNY Pre-service teachers may attend for free; Brooklyn College Pre-service teachers receive Field Site hours. Please reach out if your school requires an invoice. We are an NYCDOE MTAC Vendor.
Led by Eric Walters
Location: Marymount School of New York
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm, in person.
Description:
Place-based education is generally described as “the process of using the local community and environment as a starting point to teach concepts across the curriculum. Moreover, by “emphasizing hands-on, real-world learning experiences…” we will “enhance students’ appreciation for the natural world.” Socratic questioning, in conjunction with place-based learning, provides a unique intersection through which students may demonstrate their knowledge of scientific concepts in a real-world context.
In this interactive session, participants will review the walkSTEM® methodology, developed by talkSTEM, a Dallas-based nonprofit, that promotes STEM literacy. We will discuss mechanisms and strategies by which students may use their mobile devices to document “science in action,” anytime, anywhere. This documentation forms the basis of the walkSTEM® methodology, in which students take photos and/or videos of scientific phenomena at the school or in the local neighborhood as a mechanism that generates scientific questions and how those questions may highlight cross-cutting concepts by creating and sharing their own examples. We’ll engage in a walkSTEM® design sprint, creating a walkSTEM® experience in the neighborhood around the workshop location. Participants will leave with a toolkit that will allow them to integrate this innovative learning model into their curriculum.
You can view a sample walkSTEM® project for East Harlem, created by students in the Honors Physics class at Marymount New York, may be viewed on Google Earth.
Workshop Agenda
Workshop opening, introductions, and goal setting
walkSTEM® Overview and Examples
walkSTEM® Design Sprint, Part 1: Identifying STEM phenomena in East Harlem
walkSTEM® Design Sprint, Part 2: Creating your walkSTEM® experience
walkSTEM® Showcase
Workshop Reflection and Wrap up
Participants will need a laptop and a mobile device for this workshop. A list of required PC or Mac software will be sent in advance of the workshop.
This is an in-person workshop. Participants may not join by Zoom.
Current CUNY students with valid ID may attend summer workshops at a discount or for FREE! Please email preservice@stemteachersnyc.org for details.
Email general questions to Registration@STEMteachersNYC.org. Note this workshop requires a minimum number of participants. In the event there are not enough participants, the workshop will be cancelled, and a refund will be issued.