1. SPIRIT Project Partnerships Brainstorming Looking for Collaborative Opportunities School District STEM Coursework And Innovation PKI/UNO SPIRIT Engineering And Robotics New STEM Learning Schools SPIRIT We don’t have the answers, but we hope to find them together…

2. The Power of “STEM” Connections The National Research Council suggests Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics learned better when connected…  National Research Council. (1999). How people learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.  National Research Council. (2004). Engaging schools: Fostering high school students' motivation to learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.  National Research Council (2005). How students learn: Science in the classroom. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

3. A Little About Us: SPIRIT (NSF: ITEST) Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT Teacher Training (Robotics) Teachers Develop Lesson Ideas SPIRIT 2.0 (NSF: Discovery K12) Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT 2.0 New Robotics Innovations National Robotics CyberCurriculum http://www.ceen. unomaha.edu/Tek Bots/ PKI’s Computer Electronics and Engineering UNO’s College of Education OPS’ Mathematics and Science http://www.ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/Shared/jumbotron07/index.html

4. Activity: Torrence Test Creative Thinking What can you teach with a brick?

5. What Could You Teach With a Robot? 1: Robo Math5: Robo Electric 2: Robo Physics4: Robo Chem 3: Robotics

6. Collaborations? Some of our NSF-related needs: 1)Data related to impact (pre-post tests) 2)Control group data (pre-post tests) 3)Teachers to try out lessons with students 4)Teachers to help write curriculum 5)Teachers to help write assessments 6)Other ideas?