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Interdisciplinary Project Planning Framework

Catlin Tucker

When I was at TCEA last week, a teacher approached me after one of my sessions to ask if I had ever written about my experience planning interdisciplinary projects. So, I wanted to share the framework that my teaching team (English, history, and science) used when planning large scale interdisciplinary projects.

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Putting the ā€˜E’ in integrative STEM instruction

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But engineering and the engineering design process, when incorporated into classrooms correctly, can increase student engagement and subject matter understanding. Though many teachers tout the importance of STEM learning, many also shy away from the ā€œEā€ in STEM. Test your design or prototype 6.

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How to incorporate real-world connections into any subject area

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This interaction helps students connect the dots, understanding that the products they use have origins in distant places, such as the Amazon rainforest. Despite it being thousands of miles away, I challenge students to consider why they should care. Rethinking content teaching at the middle level: An interdisciplinary approach.

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5 approaches that engage middle school students in STEM learning

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Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. These strategies don’t just teach STEM–they empower students, showing them how they can use STEM to understand and shape the world around them.

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3 best practices to create a STEM-focused school

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We partner with our local community college to provide a pathway for our students to complete high school while simultaneously earning their associates’ degree in IT. We encourage our schools to utilize a variety of collaborative planning models (interdisciplinary, vertical teaming, etc.)

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How NGSS transforms science class with hands-on learning

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During this process, students are engaged in their learning and gain a deeper understanding of the science concept being taught. The practices support interdisciplinary learning, too. They’re actually ā€œdoing science,ā€ not just memorizing terms and concepts for a test. Relevant learning.

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Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

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The suite includes scaffolded and leveled, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support STEM, computer science, coding, robotics, and SEL in engaging ways, and to embrace all learners from any and every background. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot.