A Basic STEAM Experience Plan

The following planning form can be used to organize a STEAM activity after using the Blank Multi-Sensory STEAM Planner and The STEAM Inquiry Wheel to brainstorm possible activities.

A STEAM Learning Experience:_________________

 PART 1: Basic Information:

• Age/Grade of children
• Group size

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PART 2 STEM Standards Pick at least one to be the main focus of the activity

• Next Generation Science-Engineering Standards http://www.nextgenscience.org/search-standards-dci
• Common Core Math Standards http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice/
• National Standards for Teaching & Learning with Technology http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-students
•  Science
•  Technology
•  Engineering
•  Math

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 PART 3 Infusing the Arts (How will the arts be incorporated?)

See – National Core Arts Standards http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/

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 PART 4 Developmentally Appropriate Objectives

[Use a 2 sentence format-

Name the skill first i.e. Children will practice….

Then describe what you would specifically see or hear if the children use that skill in the activity. This will serve as a form of authentic assessment i.e. I will see/hear this happening when….]

•  Social Skill(s)(Interpersonal)
•  Physical Skills(s) (Bodily-Kinesthetic)
•  Language Skill(s) (Linguistic)
•  Intellectual Skill(s) (Logical-Mathematical)
•  Creative Problem Solving Skill(s)
•  Emotional Control Skill(s) (Intrapersonal)

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PART 5: Preparations for Activity

•  How will you get this environment ready to make the activity hands-on, safe, pleasurable, and memorable?
•  Where will you be during the activity?
•  Where will the children be in relation to you?

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PART 6: Assessment Method

• Which specific assessment method will you use?
•  Explain why this is the best one for this activity. (Refer back to your standards and objectives)

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PART 7: Transition In

What WONDERFUL OBJECT OF WONDER [WOW] will I use to attract the children’s attention and focus their observation?

My exciting, motivating, opening question I will use to introduce the activity:

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PART 8: The STEAM Inquiry Wheel

Describe step by step and in detail what will children will do in this activity. Don’t forget to infuse math, engineering, technology, & the arts—

•  Observing
•  Questioning
•  Predicting
•  Testing
•  Recording observations/data
•  Comparing & analyzing
•  Concluding
•  Sharing
•  Extending

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PART 9: STEAM Vocabulary Development

Two important words I will use, repeat, have the children say, and display in writing to develop the children’s STEAM vocabulary.

Word 1__________

Word 2 _________

Where will the words be displayed?

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PART 10: Questions

Three open-ended, intellectually-challenging STEAM questions I will ask before/during/after the activity to expand children’s thinking.

• Question 1
• Question 2
• Question 3

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PART 11: Concluding

Activity Closure: What will I say at the end of the activity to extend the learning.

Family Connection: How will I let families know what their children have learned and be able to build on that learning?

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PART 12: Reflection

 Children:

1. What strengths and competencies did I see?
2. What did the children enjoy the most?
3. How engaged were the children (time-spent, enthusiasm, self-motivation)?
4. How well did the children meet the standards?
5. What skill improvement did I see?

Self

Part 1: The Activity

1. How did the environment and materials work? What changes could I make?
2. How well did the activity incorporate the standards and objectives I chose?
3. How did my actions affect the children’s work?
4. How could I expand the children’s learning?

 Part 2: The Teaching

1. I felt competent when…
2. I felt frustrated when…
3. I felt exhilarated when…
4. I discovered…