Make Your Instruction STEM-azing

Capture the imagination and interest of your students by engaging them in STEM using Systems Thinking Habits and Tools to amplify hands-on instruction with brain-based, minds-on pedagogy. Emerge from STEMazing professional learning experiences with a toolkit of strategies from Systems Thinking to engage students with computational thinking, data-analysis, argumentation from evidence, developing and using models, and methods for students to communicate their thinking.

This workshop series is designed for both classroom teachers and the instructional coaches and administrators who support STEM instruction on campuses. We believe significant change and the most impactful experiences happen when teams of educators engage in learning together so that they build capacity jointly and support each other’s efforts.

While working in collaborative teams, educators will learn from content experts who have successfully integrated Systems Thinking into their instruction, which facilitates students making meaningful connections between the crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices, and disciplinary core ideas. When Systems Thinking Habits and visual thinking tools are embedded alongside content, students develop critical thinking skills, engage in content-area literacy, and are more able to share their thinking. Educators will be empowered to implement new STEM lessons and refine existing STEM lessons using Systems Thinking Habits and Tools that will improve student outcomes.