An Integrated Approach to STEM Learning Using Flight Simulators & Other Tools Promoting Enjoyment, Engagement, & Enthusiasm in All Students Bryan Holmes.

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An Integrated Approach to STEM Learning Using Flight Simulators & Other Tools Promoting Enjoyment, Engagement, & Enthusiasm in All Students Bryan Holmes Program Leader & STEM Teacher Academy of Aerospace and Engineering John Wallace M.S., Newington, CT http://aerospaceandengineeringacademy.wordpress.com bholmes@npsct.org Shannon Gracie STEMPilot Flight Simulators https://www.stempilot.com shannon@stempilot.com

Introduction Who are the presenters? Bryan Holmes, Program Leader and STEM Teacher in Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Newington. Primary presenter during 3:30-5:00 PM session focusing on an integrated approach to STEM learning. Shannon Gracie, Representative from STEMPilot. Primary presenter during 7:30-8:30 PM session focusing on how to use flight simulators in many different educational settings. Alexandra Daha and Michael Bohlke, rising 8th graders in the Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Newington.

Introduction What are today’s sessions about? STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Then what makes STEM different from these four subjects? The answer is that STEM is an integrated approach to teaching these four subjects. In each of the four subjects, students see clear connections from the other three subjects and apply those connections in integrated lessons. Flight simulators are an effective tool to provide integrated STEM lessons.

Conventional Learning Discrete Subjects with No Integration Students learning in a conventional school attend discrete classes covering subjects taught by different teachers in different rooms. There is little to no integration among subjects. This type of learning is ineffective for most students. They must organize up to 8 different subjects in high school. They must look for connections and applications on their own. They fail to see why many topics are relevant. They learn that disciplines are “stove piped” and separated from one another, which is the opposite of today’s reality.

Integrated Learning Connecting Topics Across 2+ Subjects Integrated learning changes the school experience for students. They effectively have fewer classes to process and organize. They learn connections and applications across subjects. They see how all topics are relevant since each topic integrates two or more disciplines. They learn that disciplines are interrelated, which is the reality today (and really always has been). They perform better in all subjects, often outperforming their peers on standardized tests. What do the students here think? STEM classes are prime candidates for integration.

How to Integrate STEM Subjects The Challenges There are two main challenges to integrating STEM or any other subjects: Each subject has a prescribed curriculum that often is challenging for a teacher to complete by year’s end. Teachers are usually certified in only one subject, so integration requires collaboration among teachers—and that takes extra planning time. What other challenges do you see?

How to Integrate STEM Subjects The Solution Short term goal: Connect everything you teach to one or more other subjects. Have a graduated approach to do this: Mention an integrated topic in class each day. Demonstrate an integrated topic in class each week. Have your students apply an integrated topic each month or quarter. What are examples of doing each of these actions? Long term goal: Collaborate with other teachers in STEM to connect students’ learning across different classes.

Creating an Integrated STEM Curriculum – Step 1 Make an annual plan that integrates STEM subjects. Begin with the annual curriculum plans of each STEM subject. Give primacy to the least flexible subject—for STEM, it’s probably math—and make it the basis of the plan. Identify the main topics you must cover in every subject, then lay them out side by side and move units where you can to make the best connections possible. Work with other teachers to identify where you can mention connections, demonstrate connections, and have students apply connections. See example on next slide – this and other such examples are located at the following link – scroll down to “CONFRATUTE – July 2017:” https://aerospaceandengineeringacademy.wordpress.com/resources/

Creating an Integrated STEM Curriculum – Step 2 Make weekly plans that integrate STEM subjects. Work with other teachers to identify where you can mention connections, demonstrate connections, and have students apply connections. Don’t try to try to include integrating activities in every lesson – some lessons are needed to build skills or teach concepts within a subject. See example at: https://aerospaceandengineeringacademy.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/7th-grade-example-of-integrated-weekly-plan-10-26-15-to-10-30-15.doc

What About Unit Plans? My advice is don’t try to integrate different STEM subject unit plans, at least at first. Reasons: Unit plans are notional and can change as they are executed, so trying to keep two or more aligned would be very difficult. When you start integrating subjects, you are looking for key areas to integrate in-depth—you don’t need to integrate the unit plans to do this. Integrating subjects week by week works well, as it gives you flexibility as each subject’s timeline changes. Consider integrating unit plans after you test your ideas for a year or two.

Integrated STEM Projects While you can mention STEM connections each day and demonstrate them each week on your own, you need to coordinate with other teachers to apply STEM connections—integrated STEM projects are the perfect method. What ideas do you have for projects? See example of project using flight simulator at: https://aerospaceandengineeringacademy.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/8th-grade-example-of-integrated-project-air-navigation.pptx

Activities In the time remaining, do one or more of the following activities: Scan the resources I have provided at the following link (scroll to the bottom of the page to “CONFRATUTE – July 2017”) : https://aerospaceandengineeringacademy.wordpress.com/resources/ Draft an integrate annual plan for your school or program. Talk to the two students, Alex and Michael, to get their perspectives after one year of integrated STEM classes. Try flying the flight simulator with one of us—this evening’s session will focus on the flight simulator and its many applications.

Closing Thank you for participating in this workshop! For further questions, contact us at: bholmes@npsct.org or shannon@stempilot.com . Curriculum resources are available at: https://aerospaceandengineeringacademy.wordpress.com/resources/ . Flight simulator information is available at: https://www.stempilot.com