Makedo is a cardboard construction tool system that is open ended. It allows you to build imaginative and useful creations using recycled cardboard and other materials. Using Makedo, students learn by doing, creating, experimenting, failing and maybe succeeding, but that’s not essential. A few weeks ago I was at a conference as was introduced to Makedo for the first time. At the conference, I spoke to a teacher who is currently using […]
Category: STEM
World Solar Challenge: Free STEM resources for secondary teachers
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC) begins on the 8th of October. The event has been going since 1987. Every two years, “teams from leading international universities and technical institutes, together with private entrepreneurs and even high schools, come together “Down Under” to test and promote the ultimate synergy of nature, motion and innovation” (source). Why in Australia? Well there are two very obvious things we have, sunlight, and a […]
STEM Challenges for Reception (K) to Year 6
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), is based on the philosophy of teaching the four disciplines using an integrated approach, a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications, rather than as separate discrete subjects. Why integrate subjects? Well I think, integration is needed in order to guide students’ way of thinking about our our current and future environmental and social issues. We need to reach beyond the idea of students […]
STEM through literacy for Junior Primary Teachers
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), is based on the philosophy of teaching the four disciplines using an integrated approach, a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications, rather than as separate discrete subjects. Many junior primary teachers are already teaching this as subject integration underlines their daily teaching. So what do they need to do, to be considered teaching STEM? First of all, I don’t think they need to […]
