Exploration and experimentation in STEM classroom teaching

24 STEM Lessons You Can Quickly Deploy in the Classroom - Edu News | NASA/JPL EduCalling all teachers pressed for time, substitutes looking for classroom activities that don't require a lot of prep, and others hoping to keep students learning in especially chaotic times: We've got a new collection of lessons and activities that you can quickly deploy. Read on to explore our collection of Quick and Easy STEM lessons and student activities, organized by grade band. Get everything you need to guide students through standards-aligned lessons featuring connections to real NASA missions and science as well as links to student projects, which can be led by teachers or assigned as independent activities.

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Very often as teachers, we do not know where to begin and how to begin. The range of topics is so wide that we get lost as to what to include and what to wean out.

Sharing the NASA- ready 24 lessons for grades 2 -12 which has some great lesson plans for you to begin experimenting immediately in your classrooms.

The Martian - What can we take from it? On returning from work after a busy day, I switched on the TV for some relaxation and on browsing narrowed down the movie, ‘The Martian’ ...

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Movies are a great source to inspire STEM Learning. Have you watched the movie, 'The Martian', and asked yourself, 'Is it possible to make food on planet Mars?

Black Panther and Education? Any takers Like millions of people, I felt a strange sense of pride on watching Black Panther to see East Africa so progressive and technologically a...

Now check out this movie, 'Black Panther' which had some amazing science stuff like a high-speed magnetic levitation subway that runs through Wakanda's famous vibranium mine. What if vibranium actually existed?

Another movie that is so inspiring is 'Interstellar'. It promotes women in STEM and that movie can inspire our students to pursue STEM projects and careers.

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To this list add a link to a movie that can be used within the classroom to promote STEM competencies within the classroom.

Please note that the movie should be a PG-rated film.

In the slide, you will mention a minimum of five STEM concepts covered in the movie that could be integrated into the school curriculum. You will mention the grades for which the movie could be shown along with some practical guidance tools.

Rubric for assessment:

The movie is a STEM movie and PG-rated. [1 mark]
The presentation covers 5 STEM concepts that could be integrated into classroom teaching. [ 1 mark]
The language is clear and simple. [1 mark].
The presentation is attractive [1 mark]