You will find everything you need here to use STEM challenges to …
You will find everything you need here to use STEM challenges to introduce and teach your students 21st Century Skills.
Before each activity look at the "What Skills Do I Need?" attachment and discuss what needs to be done. Then show them the specific challenge - plan and do it! After have the kids complete the related reflection. All files below.
Before every challenge - What Skills Do I Need? Challenge 1 & Self-Management Reflection Challenge 2 & Effective Participation Reflection (also includes self-management) Challenge 3 & Creativity Reflection (includes both skills above as well) Challenge 4 & Enquiry Reflection (includes other 3 skills above as well) Challenge 5 & Reflection Reflection (includes other 4 skills above) Challenge 6 & Team Work Reflection (includes all other skills) 21st Century Skills reflection includes all skills All documents are word files (except one) so you can edit them - if you have a problem with fonts etc, let me know and I can send you the pdf versions. Melissa.Lander@sunwestsd.ca
This amazing toolbox organizes Thinking Routines into categories. When you open a …
This amazing toolbox organizes Thinking Routines into categories.
When you open a routine, go to the section for Resource Links to access an explanation/lesson on how to use this tool.
Tools or strategies are divided into these categories (a few examples are listed but there are many more): *Core thinking routines (E.g., See, think, wonder, What makes you say that?) *Digging Deeper Into Ideas (E.g., Outside in, Layers, Fact or fiction?) *Introducing and exploring ideas (Lenses, Step in - step out - step back) *Objects and systems (Creative hunt, Parts-people-interactions) *Perspective taking (Options explosion, True for who?) *Perspectives, controversies and Dilemmas (Tug for truth, Sticking points, 4Cs) *Possibilities and analogies (3-2-1 bridge, Creative quesitons) *Synthesizing and Organizing Ideas (+1 Routine, Take note, Headlines) *With Art or Objects (Creative comparisons, Looking: 10x2, Thinking with images)
Project-based learning, or PBL, challenges students to design and engage in more …
Project-based learning, or PBL, challenges students to design and engage in more authentic, extended, and complex learning. But while PBL is a trusted strategy for increasing student engagement and learning, it's not easy to orchestrate. There are tons of moving pieces, and if you're doing it right, students will be engaging in a variety of interest-driven projects all with various needs and on different schedules. So how do you manage it all? Tech can be a huge help. This list gathers some useful productivity and organization tools that can help both teachers and students keep track of, finish, and assess projects. There are also a few tools designed specifically for PBL, as well as plug-and-play PBL experiences.
Mentor texts were shared with students over several lessons with the focus …
Mentor texts were shared with students over several lessons with the focus on getting ideas for creative writing stories. The mentor texts were used as springboards for brainstorming ideas and writing sensory details.
Summary I began my 21st Century journey this year hoping to create …
Summary I began my 21st Century journey this year hoping to create a classroom blog. My main goal was to allow parents a glimpse into their child’s daily life at school. I pictured students blogging daily about what we were up to in class and parents commenting and asking questions regularly. This, unfortunately, was not the case. I encountered problem after problem until the idea just fizzled by the wayside. So, on to the next idea! A few years ago, I attended a session by a teacher who was doing stop-motion animation with her class. I latched onto that idea and quickly purchased the iMotion app. I started making videos with my five year old son (who loved it!!!) and soon felt comfortable enough to introduce the technology to my class. The students were very excited to try it! We had only one problem… we only had one ipad. Several students got the opportunity to create a stop-motion animation as part of a book report project. (They did a stop-motion animation in place of creating a diorama.) However, most students did not get a chance to try it due to time limitations with only one ipad. Out of the students who did not get to create a stop-motion animation, a couple of them asked if they could create a digital diorama using Minecraft. Several other students overheard and wanted to do one too. I was curious to see what they would do so I allowed them to try it. The results were fantastic!!! We connected each students’ personal device to the SmartBoard to present their dioramas to the rest of the class. (We learned that we can’t use the airwatch to have a “live” diorama on the SmartBoard, but we fixed that problem by taking still pictures (screenshots) of the scene and displaying it that way.)
Be sure to check out these TED Ed videos on all things …
Be sure to check out these TED Ed videos on all things visual arts - right from "Why is the Mona Lisa so famous?" to "The Art of Folding Origami" and much more! You'll find something for all age groups!
The Wellness Resource Hub is a collection of existing and new resources …
The Wellness Resource Hub is a collection of existing and new resources to address and support Indigenous children and youth's mental and emotional wellness.
The Wellness Resource Hub aims to be a starting point that facilitates knowledge exchange and sharing across communities and Nations.
Most wellness resources are editable, and we encourage communities to adapt them to fit their children and needs.
A quick introduction to the metacognition cycle and how it wraps around …
A quick introduction to the metacognition cycle and how it wraps around the learning our students do. (At Sun West - for more information on metacognition reach out to your PeBL Mentor or a Learning Consultant.)
This YouTube Video explores metacognition and the metacognition cycle, which includes: 1. …
This YouTube Video explores metacognition and the metacognition cycle, which includes: 1. Assess the task/develop a clear picture 2. Evaluate strengths and weaknesses 3. Plan the approach 4. Apply strategies/monitor progress 5. Reflect/adjust approach
"Mathematics is a creative subject. It involves spotting patterns, making connections, and …
"Mathematics is a creative subject. It involves spotting patterns, making connections, and finding new ways of looking at things. Creative mathematicians play with ideas, draw pictures, have the courage to experiment and ask good questions.
Wild Maths is a collection of mathematical games, activities and stories, encouraging you to think creatively. We've picked out some of our favourites below - have a go at anything that catches your eye. If you want to explore games, challenges and investigations linked by some shared mathematical areas, click on the Pathways link in the top menu."
The Wonderment is an ambitious global community that aims for public good …
The Wonderment is an ambitious global community that aims for public good through student engagement. Kids will love the creative challenges that force them to look, listen, think, and create. Sharing and seeing submissions from around the world builds understanding and empathy.
Students can search things that they want to make, people that they want to meet, topics they want to learn about, and changes they want to make in their lives and the world.
Work Place and Apprenticeship Math 30- What Bank To Use When Starting …
Work Place and Apprenticeship Math 30- What Bank To Use When Starting A Small Business
In this lesson student will be developing an idea for a possible small business that they would like to start and run. Once they have developed an idea for a business they will have to research what services different financial institutions offered in their area, or the province. Once they have finished seeing what services are out there, students will then have to decide what institution they would like to use, and determine what requirements they need to meet from the bank. Depending on how much time you would like to spend on this you could have students even come up with a loan proposal and a business plan as well. This can be done in partners or the students can work on the alone as well.
A recent blog by Grant Wiggins affirmed what I have long believed …
A recent blog by Grant Wiggins affirmed what I have long believed about creativity: it is a 21st-century skill we can teach and assess. Creativity fosters deeper learning, builds confidence and creates a student ready for college and career.
However, many teachers don't know how to implement the teaching and assessment of creativity in their classrooms. While we may have the tools to teach and assess content, creativity is another matter, especially if we want to be intentional about teaching it as a 21st-century skill. In a PBL project, some teachers focus on just one skill, while others focus on many. Here are some strategies educators can use tomorrow to get started teaching and assessing creativity -- just one more highly necessary skill in that 21st-century toolkit.
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