This book provides a multidisciplinary approach to STEM PBL
It incorporates the best practices for STEM teaching and learning while providing the classroom teacher with myriad options for lessons that can be modified and incorporated into any classroom
This book provides a unique mix of research-based evidence for STEM mediated by what works best in classrooms because they are written by everyday teachers
This text contains 25 Project-Based Learning (PBL) lessons written by a combination of undergraduate preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and graduate students. Everyone who wrote a chapter strives to improve STEM education to help others implement standards-based STEM instruction that takes learning in isolation to greater accountability through integrated and meaningful tasks that answer the question every teacher dreads: When am I going to use this? The PBLs were written to implement in middle and high-school classrooms. All of them are interdisciplinary in nature. We have divided them into six themes: construction and design, water, environment, mixtures, technology, nutrition and genetics. Each lesson contains a “schedule at a glance” and the “well-defined outcome” so you can quickly see how a particular PBL fits into your curriculum. Objectives are listed along with STEM connections written as objectives. We have included all materials needed and then each day of activities including an imbedded engagement, exploration, explanation, evaluation (including rubrics), and extension. We have tried to include everything necessary for successful implementation. This practical book is the perfect companion to the handbook for learning about implementing PBLs: Project-Based Learning: An Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Approach – second edition.
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Editors and Affiliations
Texas A&M University & Aggie STEM, USA
Mary Margaret Capraro,
Robert M. Capraro
Texas A&M University, USA
Jennifer G. Whitfield,
Matthew J. Etchells
About the editors
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Companion To Interdisciplinary Stem Project-Based Learning
Book Subtitle: For Educators by Educators
Editors: Mary Margaret Capraro, Jennifer G. Whitfield, Matthew J. Etchells, Robert M. Capraro
