Creating STEM Opportunities in a K-8 School
Session Format
Conference Session (20 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Abstract for the conference program
The objective of this session is to share the STEM integration experiences of a K-8 school resulting from collaboration among K-8 faculty, a local university, corporate sponsors, and a local historic site. Teaching and learning associated with a student astronaut club is the featured activity; presenters will share their first year experience of a middle school club that competed in NASA’s Student Astronaut Challenge. Participants will learn how they can start their own astronaut club, how to integrate mathematics and engineering into the science classroom, and how to organize and plan extracurricular STEM clubs and activities that target students of all grade levels. This applied STEM education session will provide an overview of the school’s projects, suggestions and resources for creating similar activities, funding ideas, and a discussion of the challenges and learning outcomes of the student participants.
Proposal Track
T2: Applied STEM Education
Start Date
3-24-2018 11:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Rethwisch, Carolyn and Serianni, Barbara, "Creating STEM Opportunities in a K-8 School" (2018). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 15.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2018/2018/15
Creating STEM Opportunities in a K-8 School
The objective of this session is to share the STEM integration experiences of a K-8 school resulting from collaboration among K-8 faculty, a local university, corporate sponsors, and a local historic site. Teaching and learning associated with a student astronaut club is the featured activity; presenters will share their first year experience of a middle school club that competed in NASA’s Student Astronaut Challenge. Participants will learn how they can start their own astronaut club, how to integrate mathematics and engineering into the science classroom, and how to organize and plan extracurricular STEM clubs and activities that target students of all grade levels. This applied STEM education session will provide an overview of the school’s projects, suggestions and resources for creating similar activities, funding ideas, and a discussion of the challenges and learning outcomes of the student participants.
