Session Format

Presentation Session (45 minutes)

Location

Room 2911

Abstract for the conference program

Design Thinking is a creative way to excite students about STEM by empowering them to solve problems and take on new challenges. This problem-solving process encourages students to study many subjects, collaborate, and research in order to generate innovative and effective solutions. During this session, the presenter will cover the Design Thinking approach and the skills commonly integrated into design thinking such as empathy, observation, interviewing, and brainstorming. In addition, participants will review and discuss examples of elementary and middle grades STEM lessons that apply Design Thinking as the inquiry based pedagogy. The session will end with information about two schools –middle and high—connecting STEM with Design Thinking. Discover how STEM Design Thinkers are energized as innovators and creative problem solvers.

Proposal Track

Non-research Project

Start Date

3-4-2016 9:30 AM

End Date

3-4-2016 10:15 AM

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Mar 4th, 9:30 AM Mar 4th, 10:15 AM

Connecting STEM with Design Thinking

Room 2911

Design Thinking is a creative way to excite students about STEM by empowering them to solve problems and take on new challenges. This problem-solving process encourages students to study many subjects, collaborate, and research in order to generate innovative and effective solutions. During this session, the presenter will cover the Design Thinking approach and the skills commonly integrated into design thinking such as empathy, observation, interviewing, and brainstorming. In addition, participants will review and discuss examples of elementary and middle grades STEM lessons that apply Design Thinking as the inquiry based pedagogy. The session will end with information about two schools –middle and high—connecting STEM with Design Thinking. Discover how STEM Design Thinkers are energized as innovators and creative problem solvers.