STEM Endorsement Course 3: STEAM Applications

This course is one of four courses that comprise the Bucks IU's STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) Approach to the PDE STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Endorsement. This course will provide educators with a foundation in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) Education, introducing students to each of the STEAM disciplines and their corresponding academic standards: science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

This course is designed to help teachers demonstrate the develop a unit of Project Based Learning that is infused with STEAM tools of the 21st Century. Project Based Learning is an instructional method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate & communicate an authentic, engaging question, problem, or challenge. Newer and emerging tools of STEAM instruction that were explored previously will be focal points of the instruction that will allow students to learn about the challenge in an enriched environment. In addition, the products that are created in this course and others in our program will reside on a digital platform, allowing comments, feedback, and collaboration on extensions of the work. This Community of Practice (CoP) will serve as a future reference for others that take this program and the wider educational community. Several of these communities of practice exist currently (BetterLesson.com) that allow for sharing and feedback in a structure online environment.