What if you could challenge your twelfth-grade students to explore energy consumption and climate change in their own communities, and connect that information with other communities around the world? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!
Creating Global Bonds outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. Like the other volumes in the series, this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K–12 classrooms.
This interdisciplinary, three-lesson module uses project- and problem-based learning to help students create an action plan to address issues of energy consumption and climate change, exploring the topic at both local and global levels. Students will gather data on energy consumption and climate change in their communities, partnering with international students to undertake problem-solving activities that examine issues that are both common and unique to each community.
To support this goal, students will do the following
Identify modes and trends in energy consumption in their communities and regions
Analyze how those patterns of energy consumption impact climate change
Partner with students internationally to coordinate efforts to synthesize energy consumption data and discern connections across contexts, taking the form of an international blog
Design and present an action plan to address issues of energy consumption and climate change, ultimately delivering a white paper and interactive web-based presentation on local and international issues of energy consumption and climate change
The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. In-depth and flexible, Creating Global Bonds can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM approach.
Author(s): Carla C. Johnson, Janet B. Walton, Erin E. Peters-Burton
Series: STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Publisher: Routledge/Eye on Education
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 130
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the Editors and Authors
Acknowledgements
Part 1: The STEM Road Map: Background, Theory, and Practice
1. Overview of the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Standards-Based Approach
Themes in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Cause and Effect
Innovation and Progress
The Represented World
Sustainable Systems
Optimizing the Human Experience
The Need for an Integrated STEM Approach
Framework for STEM Integration in the Classroom
The Need for the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
References
2. Strategies Used in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Project- and Problem-Based Learning
Engineering Design Process
Learning Cycle
STEM Research Notebook
The Role of Assessment in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Comprehensive Assessment System
Self-Regulated Learning Theory in the STEM Road Map Modules
Before Learning: Setting the Stage
During Learning: Staying the Course
After Learning: Knowing What Works
Safety in STEM
References
Part 2: Creating Global Bonds: STEM Road Map Module
3. How Students Learn in Grades 9–12
Learning in Grades 9–12
Learning Theory Used in STEM Road Map
Before Learning – Setting the Stage
During the Learning – Staying the Course
After Learning – Knowing What Works
References
4. STEM Road Map Curriculum Module Overview
Module Summary
Established Goals/Objectives
Challenge and/or Problem for Students to Solve
Content Standards Addressed in STEM Road Map Module
STEM Research Notebook
Student Handout
STEM Research Notebook Guidelines
Module Launch
Prerequisite Key Knowledge
Potential STEM Misconceptions
Sample Strategies for Differentiating Instruction within this Module
Safety Considerations for Science Activities
Desired Outcomes and Monitoring Success
Assessment Plan
Resources
Materials
STEM Road Map Module Timeline
5. Assessment Map for the Creating Global Bonds Module
Comprehensive Assessment System
Embedded Formative Assessments in Creating Global Bonds
What is an Assessment Map?
Assessment Map for Creating Global Bonds Module
References
6. Creating Global Bonds – Module Lessons
Lesson Plan 1
Lesson One Summary
Essential Questions
Established Goals/Objectives
Time Required
Necessary Materials
Teacher Background Information
Lesson Preparation
Learning Plan Components
Image Analysis Handout
Observation
Step 1. Inference
Step 2. Questions
Hypothesis Development Handout
Developing a Hypothesis
Data Collection Handout
Data Collection Guide
Graphic Organizer for Inference-Making
Graphic Organizer for Energy Consumption
Blog Entry 1 Rubric
Lesson Plan 2
Lesson Two Summary
Essential Questions
Established Goals/Objectives
Time Required
Necessary Materials
Teacher Background Information
Lesson Preparation
Learning Plan Components
Claims/Evidence/Reasoning Graphic Organizer
Problem Solving Activity Guide
Blog Entry 2 Rubric
Lesson Plan 3
Lesson Three Summary
Essential Questions
Established Goals/Objectives
Time Required
Necessary Materials
Teacher Background Information
Lesson Preparation
Learning Plan Components
White Paper Rubric
Presentation Rubric
References
7. Transforming Learning with Creating Global Bonds and the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series
Index
