Session Title
The Basics of STEM: Challenge your students to Explore Species Diversity in the local Schoolyard habitat!
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Location
Room 210
Abstract for the conference program
This presentation offers the "nuts and bolts" of STEM by using an easy outdoor activity. Sampling and comparing natural outdoor habitats with students gives them an idea of the flora and fauna in their area. The authors will demonstrate how to use handmade scientific equipment to sample a local area. Participants will learn how to set up a transect in different habitats, collect data, then compare, and contrast species diversity, and employ a variety of ways in which to display the data in their classroom.This session is for teachers of all grade levels.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project Interdisciplinary STEM Education
Start Date
3-4-2017 10:45 AM
End Date
3-4-2017 11:45 AM
Recommended Citation
Sweeney-Reeves, Mary and Timmons, Mare Ph.D., "The Basics of STEM: Challenge your students to Explore Species Diversity in the local Schoolyard habitat!" (2017). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 32.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2017/2017/32
The Basics of STEM: Challenge your students to Explore Species Diversity in the local Schoolyard habitat!
Room 210
This presentation offers the "nuts and bolts" of STEM by using an easy outdoor activity. Sampling and comparing natural outdoor habitats with students gives them an idea of the flora and fauna in their area. The authors will demonstrate how to use handmade scientific equipment to sample a local area. Participants will learn how to set up a transect in different habitats, collect data, then compare, and contrast species diversity, and employ a variety of ways in which to display the data in their classroom.This session is for teachers of all grade levels.
