SITE 2014

Middle School STEAM Camp

Perspectives and Attitudes Towards

STEM Research Study

STEAM Presence

● Launched 1:1 K12 2010: TEA Connection Grant

● Offsite Curriculum Center 5 Community Museums

Students Celebrate Birthday of

STEAM: Fall 2012

● Researched Local Artifact in Museum

● Created a written and video narration (STORYTelling)

● Presented information from offsite curriculum center to international audience.

Students Celebrating STEAM

1-3 Grade

● Animoto

● VoiceThread

● PowerPoint

● QR Codes: Kaywa

After School STEM Programs

● After School Robotics Club: Fall 2012

● Grades 4-8th Grade

● Mars Party

● Student Robotics Parent Showcase

● Brought in local and national assistance to highlight careers.

● Utilized Skype to connect with other robotic teams

● Participated in Robotic Contest Spring 2013

After School Summer

NASA ISTE STEAM Camp

● Spring 2012 Participated in NASA/ISTE Educator, Created Curriculum Passed NASA Product Review and Piloted it in a STEAM Camp, MMS Challenge

● NASA Summit in April 2012 with students and experts to think about space weather.

● Houston students DISD “Art” Exchange April 2012

● Traveling STEAM Space Art Show Kicked off Summer 2012

STEAM Camps

Year One: Purpose of Mission, Topics Surrounding Space Weather, MMS Challenge

Year Two: Green Energy, Space Weather, Green City Challenge

Space Lounge Museum Exhibit For Community

Research Questions

• How do attitudes towards engineering, science, math, technology, and STEM careers differ among genders in grades 4-8th grade?

• How do perceptions towards math, science, technology, engineering, and STEM careers differ among age levels in a rural environment?

• STEM Semantic Survey Pre and PostTest

Participants

• 48 students

• 4th and 5th grade, 6th-8th grade

• 33 males and 15 females

Cronbach’s Alpha All Items = .905

Findings Pre Post STEM Dispositions

STEM Dispositions by Gender

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Male PreTest

Female PreTest

Male PostTest

Female PostTest

Engineering Science

STEM Dispositions by Age

• Only one STEM disposition was significantly correlated with age (p<.05). STEM disposition towards Science was correlated at r=. 256 (p<.04, 1 tailed).

• By the posttest administration, for the boys (n=33) there was a positive association between age and dispositions towards science (r=.432, p=.03, 1 tailed). For the girls, (n=15), there was a slightly negative relationship between age and dispositions towards science (r = -.219, NS).

Discussion

• Terminology and Vocabulary

• Limited Participation Population– Need to repeat with larger participant pool

• Career Guest Speakers: Positive Impact

• Fabrication Printing Impact Engineering Dispositions

• Student Reflection Showcase Impact

• Rocket Activity Encourages Older Male Dispositions Towards Science

STEAM Camp 2012-2013

● Application Procedure

● K12 Teachers (6 hour training) Joint PD

● Vocabulary Component: Utilizes Art, Movement to provide background knowledge.

● Scientific Thinking Exercises

● STEM Career Components: Skype and Local Experts

● MMS Challenge Component

Factors to Consider Rural

Communities

● Farming is REAL to them.

● ELL Learners need artistic components to build to working memory.

● Aerospace and space topics connect to engineering.

ART+AG+AEROSPACE =STEAM

NASA’s Multi-Scale Magnetosphere

Challenge

● Journalist: Blogging: Written and Video Storytelling

Why is this important to us?

NASA’s Multi-Scale Magnetosphere

Challenge

Scientist: Replicated an experiment relative to the mission.

NASA’s Multi-Scale Magnetosphere

Challenge: Artist

Technology is a CHOICE! All Art captured and shared electronically. Gimp, Spin Art, Magnetic Art.

NASA’s Multi-Scale Magnetosphere

Challenge: Engineer

Going GREEN Using Fabrication Printing

Creating a Windmill in FabLab

William

Kamkwamba

Fabrication Cutters

Challenge One: Create a Windmill

Challenge Two: Work with your team to create Green City.

Recycled Trash and Fab Lab or Legos

All Career Components Needed!

Fabrication Challenge Accepted

http://www.aspexsoftware.com/fablab.htm

NASA MMS FabLab Challenge

Students Replicate MMS Spacecraft

Fabrication 2D Cutters students replicated MMS spacecraft.

Power of 2D: Spatial and Kinesthetic Learning!

Folding paper is FUN!

Photos of Fabrication

Space Lounge Museum Exhibit

Students Serve As Teachers!

Future of Dublin ISD Fabrication

Selected by NASA to be a Fabrication School.

Fall of 2013: Implementing a fabrication 3D printing program in CTE courses and 2D in most Math/Science classrooms.

Summer 2014 STEAM Camp Planned