The following checklist from Step into STEAM, Grades K-5, includes the crucial elements to incorporate into your STEAM PBL as you embark on a STEAM inquiry using a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) framework.
Whether you will be building your STEAM physical space in your regular classroom setting, have an already-defined STEAM lab in your school, or are conceptualizing other ideas for STEAM physical spaces, consider the following excerpt from Step Into STEAM, Grades K-5, to understand what a STEAM classroom atmosphere looks like—and doesn’t look like.
Use this template from the second edition of From STEM to STEAM to guide you as you design a STEAM unit across grade levels at your school.
This excerpt offers a list of culturally relevant mathematics tasks and also provides an example of how student can find connections between mathematics and real life.
Problem solving is not about simply applying a procedure to a problem to find an answer; it is a process that requires students to think, question, and make sense of the mathematics. Here is a list of helpful tips for working with problem solving across the year.
Peter Liljedahl talks with publisher, Erin Null, about teachers' frequently asked questions.
Peter Liljedahl talks with publisher, Erin Null, about teachers' frequently asked questions.
This lesson engages students in using their bodies (i.e., their fingers) as a physical representation to support skip-counting groups of 10. At the same time, students will also unpack this common practice to begin a conversation about body diversity.