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Workshop Deakin STEM Education Conference 2016 Proceedings 1 STEM It’s Child’s Play Workshop Peter Hope Retired Primary School teacher and sessional tutor at Deakin University Burwood Campus Abstract. The first part of my workshop will examine how STEM activities can be introduced and assessed against the various Curriculum learning areas. A collection of activity outlines and design briefs etc will be available for participants to download and hard copies of these will be on display during the session. An example would be having small groups of Year 3/4 students designing and building a bridge. (This would be done after several science sessions looking at forces –how forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance are acting on an object or structure.) The students research the various forms of large road bridges spanning a body of water (e.g. the Sydney Harbour Bridge) and sketch the different structural types. Based on this research the students use the available materials and equipment in the room (e.g. spaghetti, skewers, glue guns) to build a model bridge to span a distance of 50 cm. It has to be able to support two 375ml cans of soft drink when completed. Each small group would maintain a design portfolio which would contain all of their sketches, research, brainstorms, issues which arose, justification for final chosen design etc. For their final presentation they demonstrate their bridge’s integrity after outlining the process and reasons behind their design. At Level 3&4 the finished object and design portfolio can be assessed against the • Science Understanding strand of Physical Science and Science Inquiry Skills strands of Questioning and predicting, Planning and conducting, Recording and processing, Analysing and evaluating, Communicating; • the Victorian Curriculum Design and Technologies strands of Technologies and Society, Technologies Contexts and Creating Designed Solutions (and Digital Technologies strands of Data and Information and Creating Digital Solutions if research was done via the internet and plans drawn using a CAD program); • and the Mathematics strand of Measurement and Geometry. **the Victorian Curriculum Design and Technologies document encompasses most of the concepts of engineering if the process is followed correctly. A large part of the workshop will be hands-on with the participants following a design brief that I have used with Year 3 and 4 students. By the time the participants have created a solution to the problem they will have successfully integrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths into their learning and modelled the experiences of the students. The workshop is aimed at Primary teachers. Introduction This session was designed to give participants an insight into some of the STEM activities I have done with my Primary School classes during my teaching career. A lot of the STEM challenges involved toys, games or building challenges which the kids really rose to with their creativity and solutions to the posed challenge. I had prepared a 68 page handout that can be downloaded as a word document –this can then be customised and used by the participants in their own classes. The link is on page 2 of this summary.

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DeakinSTEMEducationConference2016Proceedings

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STEMIt’sChild’sPlayWorkshopPeterHope

RetiredPrimarySchoolteacherandsessionaltutoratDeakinUniversityBurwoodCampus

Abstract. ThefirstpartofmyworkshopwillexaminehowSTEMactivitiescanbeintroducedandassessedagainstthevariousCurriculumlearningareas.Acollectionofactivityoutlinesanddesignbriefsetcwillbeavailableforparticipantstodownloadandhardcopiesofthesewillbeondisplayduringthesession.AnexamplewouldbehavingsmallgroupsofYear3/4studentsdesigningandbuildingabridge.(Thiswouldbedoneafterseveralsciencesessionslookingatforces–howforcescanbeexertedbyoneobjectonanotherthroughdirectcontactorfromadistanceareactingonanobjectorstructure.)Thestudentsresearchthevariousformsoflargeroadbridgesspanningabodyofwater(e.g.theSydneyHarbourBridge)andsketchthedifferentstructuraltypes.Basedonthisresearchthestudentsusetheavailablematerialsandequipmentintheroom(e.g.spaghetti,skewers,glueguns)tobuildamodelbridgetospanadistanceof50cm.Ithastobeabletosupporttwo375mlcansofsoftdrinkwhencompleted.Eachsmallgroupwouldmaintainadesignportfoliowhichwouldcontainalloftheirsketches,research,brainstorms,issueswhicharose,justificationforfinalchosendesignetc.Fortheirfinalpresentationtheydemonstratetheirbridge’sintegrityafteroutliningtheprocessandreasonsbehindtheirdesign.

AtLevel3&4thefinishedobjectanddesignportfoliocanbeassessedagainstthe

• ScienceUnderstandingstrandofPhysicalScienceandScienceInquirySkillsstrandsofQuestioningandpredicting,Planningandconducting,Recordingandprocessing,Analysingandevaluating,Communicating;

• theVictorianCurriculumDesignandTechnologiesstrandsofTechnologiesandSociety,TechnologiesContextsandCreatingDesignedSolutions(andDigitalTechnologiesstrandsofDataandInformationandCreatingDigitalSolutionsifresearchwasdoneviatheinternetandplansdrawnusingaCADprogram);

• andtheMathematicsstrandofMeasurementandGeometry.

**theVictorianCurriculumDesignandTechnologiesdocumentencompassesmostoftheconceptsofengineeringiftheprocessisfollowedcorrectly.

Alargepartoftheworkshopwillbehands-onwiththeparticipantsfollowingadesignbriefthatIhaveusedwithYear3and4students.BythetimetheparticipantshavecreatedasolutiontotheproblemtheywillhavesuccessfullyintegratedScience,Technology,EngineeringandMathsintotheirlearningandmodelledtheexperiencesofthestudents.

TheworkshopisaimedatPrimaryteachers.

IntroductionThissessionwasdesignedtogiveparticipantsaninsightintosomeoftheSTEMactivitiesIhavedonewithmyPrimarySchoolclassesduringmyteachingcareer.AlotoftheSTEMchallengesinvolvedtoys,gamesorbuildingchallengeswhichthekidsreallyrosetowiththeircreativityandsolutionstotheposedchallenge.Ihadprepareda68pagehandoutthatcanbedownloadedasaworddocument–thiscanthenbecustomisedandusedbytheparticipantsintheirownclasses.Thelinkisonpage2ofthissummary.

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Duringthesessionwemadebalancingtoys.ThiswasthechallengeIactuallyamdoingoveratwoweekperiodwithYear4studentsatKarooPS.Thefirstweekwelookatthepropertiesofabalancingbird(orbutterfly)toyandthenmadeonefromcardboard,washersandtape.Thesecondsessionrevisitstheproperties–thescienceandmathsinvolved–andthenthestudentsaregivenadesignbriefoutliningthetaskandhavingspaceforInvestigatinganddesigning(Usethisspace(andthebackofthesheetifyouneedmore)tosketchyourideas.),Producing(Didyouneedtomodifyandre-thinkyourdesignaftertesting?Howdidyoushowthisonyouroriginalsketchesorplans?)andAnalysingandEvaluating(Didyourbalancingtoysatisfythedesignbrief?Ifnot,howdidyoumodifyit?).

ArubricwasdesignedtohighlightthefollowingachievementsinScience,Technology,EngineeringandMathematics:

• (Science)Thefinishedproductbalancesonacentralpoint.

• (Technology/engineering)(ScienceInquirySkills)Thequality,detailandappropriatenessofsketchesanddrawings.

• (Technology/engineering)Investigatedhowforcesandthepropertiesofmaterialsaffectthebehaviourofadesignedsolution

• (Technology/engineering)Descriptionoftheproductandhowitwasconstructed.

• (Technology/engineering)Detailsgivenontheproduct’sconstructionandanyconstructionaldifficulties.

• (Technology/engineering)Commentontheproduct’scompliancewiththedesignbrief.

• (Technology/engineering)Evidenceoftimemanagementintheportfolio.

• (Maths)Finishedproducthassymmetry.

• (Maths)Evidenceofaccuratemeasurementofsides.

• (ScienceInquirySkills)Communicatingtothegroupabouttheirproduct

Itwasaproductivesessionandthebestpartformewastoseeseveraloftheparticipantswalkingaroundtheconferencethefollowingmorningwithabalancingbirdontheirfinger.

Iwasaskedaboutthewashersused–youcanbuya2.5kgboxof¼”washersfromBunningsforaround$30(inJanuary2016–theyworkoutataround3centseachthisway)orat10centseach.(JustbrowsingBunningsonlinecatalogue,theydon’tseemtohavetheboxlistedsoyoumayneedtocheckinstore).5centcoinsorpaperclipsworkwellalso.

STEMIt’sChild’sPlaySupportMaterial(I’veprepareda69pageworddocwhichyoucanmodifyforyourownuse)-itcanbedownloadedfromhttp://tinyurl.com/gsnq4c6


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