Save The World With STEM

Course summary

In this course, you will find out how STEM can be used to solve real-world problems, including those relating to sustainable development.

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You will learn:

This course will help you understand how STEM education can be used to address the intended outcomes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. You’ll learn:

• What STEM is.
• How STEM can be used to solve real-world problems and how to define a problem that STEM can help to solve.
• What the UN Sustainable Development Goals are.
• How STEM can be used to meet the challenges of sustainable development.
• How you can bring the UN Sustainability Goals into your classroom using STEM.

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except ACT and NSW:

• 3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving, and critical and creative thinking.
• 4.1 Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.

This course is not currently accredited in the ACT (TQI) or NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted towards teacher-identified learning hours (ACT) or NESA PD elective hours (NSW).

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Course Content

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Set some learning goals

STEM in the Real World

03.

Solving real-world problems using STEM

04.

How can real-world problems be solved with STEM?

05.

STEM for social good

STEM for Sustainable Development

06.

Keeping it real for kids

07.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals

08.

The importance of putting sustainability at the centre

09.

Science and sustainable development

STEM Buids Student Skills

10.

Bringing the Sustainable Development Goals into your classroom

11.

Defining the problem

12.

What are some strategies I can use to define a problem?

13.

Do I understand how to define a problem?

14.

Critical thinking and STEM

15.

Why is critical thinking important?

Your Teaching

16.

Teaching tips

17.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

18.

Reflection

19.

Taxonomy of learning

20.

Suggestions for collaboration

21.

Congratulations

Course instructors

Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experiencing working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.

Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!

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