AP-STEM Center Joy Hatcher, Interim Director

Agenda  Overview: The Great STEM Challenge Exposition  What is STEM?  STEM Expo 2012 Project Sharing  Q & A

Overview: The Great STEM Challenge Exposition  The Great STEM Challenge Exposition: Student teams use the engineering design process to solve a “real” problem in context of science and mathematics  Engineering Notebook required at event  Event is an opportunity for teams to showcase, talk about the problem solution and get feedback from STEM professionals.  Students in teams from STEM classes  Teacher selects representative team(s)  Two teams per school (maximum)

Details: The Great STEM Challenge Exposition  May 7, 2013, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM  APSU Dunn Center  5:00 PM- Project setup  5:30 PM – 6:30 PM project review by STEM Professionals  6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Public viewing of STEM projects  April 8, 2013: Team Selection(s) forwarded to AP STEM Center  Maximum of two teams/school  No grade level specified  Two different grade levels  Criteria for selection: up to the teachers in the school

Community Sponsors  Clarksville Department of Electricity  Bi-County Solid Waste Management

What is STEM? STEM is the integration of math and science content matter using the engineering design process as the vehicle to solve problems and design solutions.

Engineering Design Process ASK IMAGINE PLAN CREATE IMPROVE Brainstorm what students know and what they need to know. Learn content and skills needed to solve challenge. Research and generate ideas. Identify criteria and specify constraints. Explore possibilities. Select an approach. Develop a design proposal using learned knowledge and skills. Make model, prototype, or process. Test and evaluate the design using specifications. Collect data. Refine the design. Create or make a solution. Communicate processes and results. Define the need or problem. The Engineering Design Process CMCSS, July 2011 TN Science Curriculum; Adapted with permission from Engineering is Elementary, Museum of Science, Boston This Engineering Design Process is cyclical. It is appropriate that students repeat the steps at any time during the problem solving process. The description in the text boxes can be used in more than one step, but it is imperative that all steps be used.

Project Sharing  Diane Bean - Woodlawn Elementary School  Wimberly Hackett -Barkers Mill Elementary School  Alison VanArsdale -Northeast Elementary School

Packet  The Great STEM Challenge Exposition Overview  Participant checklist  Team Selection Form  Display checklist  Parent Permission letter and form

Contact information   Joy Hatcher, Interim Director, AP-STEM Center    Brittny Jones  

Q & A