Help me give my students iPads to research and support their STEM challenge tasks. This will help our young engineers by utilizing text evidence from various sites to support their investigations and increase scientific dialogue among the students.
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." -Carl Sagan
Preparing students for the world in which they live, and eventually will work, is extremely important.
Students need to learn how to become effective problem-solvers in real-world situations. Having access to technology is vital.
Our students have a strong desire to learn about the world we live in and love working on STEM projects. My science classroom is composed of diverse learners in a high poverty area. My students are very enthusiastic about school and have a thirst for learning. They are curious, funny, caring, loving, and imaginative.
I use many different learning pathways to help them understand the content on a deeper level. All my students are unique and have many different strengths; however, when any one of them has a piece of technology in their hands, they immediately become more engaged in the activity.
My Project
I am requesting an iPad which will allow for different structures of learning in my classroom. One way they will be used is at a STEM center. Students can research the history of roller coasters in the U.S. and then design their own. Another way they will be used, is by recording the results of an experiment. Recently, we investigated how various factors effect the flight of our straw rockets. Students could take pictures of their creations and record observations to support their data and analysis.
My students would also benefit using an iPad to research and support their STEM challenge tasks.
This will help our young engineers by utilizing text evidence from various sites to create and design their masterpieces.
Students could also collaborate on group findings by sharing through the cloud. I could download apps for various science practice skills for a science center, which would allow me to have activities for both my highest performing and most struggling students.
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