New teacher or teaching 10 + years, when you take a new STEM teacher position for the first time, it feels like a roller coaster! You want your elementary students to think like scientists and engineers, but you don’t know where to even start? For some this may be an easy transition, but for others, there may be…
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If you teach STEM or Science, you must know the difficulty of managing groups during stem challenges or “group work.” I put it in parenthesis because you know there’s only one of two kids doing all the work. You might see some students with glazed eyes, some chatting with their friends, and others in conflict with their…
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A STEM Teacher’s Reflections The emotions I felt these past years few as a STEM teacher have been so much like a roller coaster. I’ve felt invigorated, excited, free, inspired, and challenged as a STEM teacher in so many ways that I hadn’t experienced in my previous teaching assignments. Going in I knew I was going to experience something that…
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When I first started teaching STEM at the district level 3 years ago, my first instinct anytime a student needed help was to immediately give them hints or tips on how to solve the problem or make their design better for project. I knew that doing that would rob them of the potential experience the Engineering Design Process can…
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It is commonly and widely known that there is a wide gap between certain student groups in STEM fields and majors, and research has shown there is a difference between the way teachers may view or speak about English Language Learners in STEM subjects (Bunch, Aguirre, and Tellex, 2009). It is important of holding asset views regarding our…
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