Integrating STEM Through Project-Based Learning

Course summary

Find out how Project-based Learning (PBL) can be used to integrate STEM into your classroom, and how you can guide students to develop meaningful solutions to real world problems.

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You will learn:

This course will help you understand how group work can be used to improve student learning, and deepen students’ experience of and engagement with topics.

• What STEM is and why it is important.
• What Project-Based Learning is.
• How Project-Based Learning is relevant to STEM.
• The steps for completing project-based learning.
• Tips and tricks for completing project-based STEM with your students.

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

Why STEM?

03.

Imagine if....

04.

Meet your STEM expert

05.

What is STEM and why is it important?

06.

Making time for STEM

What Is Project-Based Learning?

07.

What is Project-based Learning?

08.

Digging into PBL

STEM and Project-Based Learning

09.

How is PBL especially relevant to STEM projects?

10.

How can Project-based Learning be used to integrate STEM in the classroom?

11.

What skills does PBL help students develop?

Delivering STEM PBL

12.

What are the steps in planning a PBL experience?

13.

Introduce a driving question and hold an entry event

14.

Develop the need to know

15.

PBL time

16.

Debrief and reflection

17.

Engaging experts

18.

Group work and PBL

Your Teaching

19.

Teaching tips

20.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

21.

Reflection

22.

Taxonomy of learning

23.

Suggestions for collaboration

24.

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 start-up 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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