I-Corps: The PictureSTEM Project - Using Picture Books to Transform STEM Learning

需要以综合方式处理科学、技术和经济管理标准的课程。下一代科学标准(NGSS)和数学共同核心州立标准(CCSS-M)是以研究为基础的学术标准，旨在使美国各州能够选择为其学生采用高质量标准。每一个人都有大多数当前课程没有涉及的概念和技能。NGSS包括工程设计过程，作为学生结合其科学内容学习所需的概念和技能。CCSS-M包括过程标准，如数学建模。《英语语言艺术共同核心标准》包括要求学生学习技术交流的标准，特别是与STEM科目有关的技术交流。这些不同的标准中的每一个都需要现实的背景来定位学习。教师和校长目前正在寻找满足这些需求的课程，但综合课程寥寥无几。由i-Corps团队提出的课程(PictureSTEM)将所有这些想法整合到一个单元中。PictureSTEM项目的主要目标是在每个年级，从幼儿园到五年级开发一个教学模块，利用工程和扫盲背景，以有意义和重要的方式整合科学、技术和数学内容教学。这些变革性的STEM学习新模式使用图画书和工程设计挑战，为学生提供真实的情景活动，让学习者参与特定的STEM内容，并将跨越传统学科界限的概念整合在一起。图片STEM单元将侧重于基于标准的工程、数学和科学内容，这与现有的其他课程不同。如上所述，它们是以研究为基础的课程。这些单元有可能通过关注所有领域的学习目标来改变初级扫盲和STEM的教学方式，因此为今后整个初级课程的发展提供了一个潜在的框架。

There is a need for curricula that address STEM standards in an integrated way. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) are research-based academic standards that were created so that U.S. states would have the option to adopt high-quality standards for their students. Each one has concepts and skills that most current curricula do not address. The NGSS include engineering design processes as required concepts and skills for students to learn in conjunction with their science content. The CCSS-M includes process standards such as modeling with mathematics. The Common Core Standards for English Language Arts include standards that ask students to learn technical communication, particularly with a connection to STEM subjects. Each of these separate standards requires realistic contexts for which to situate the learning. Teachers and principals are currently looking for curricula that meet these needs, but integrated curricula are few and far between. The curricula (PictureSTEM) proposed by this I-Corps team integrate all of these ideas into one unit.The main goal of the PictureSTEM project is to develop an instructional module at each grade level, kindergarten through fifth, which employs engineering and literacy contexts to integrate science, technology, and mathematics content instruction in meaningful and significant ways. These transformative new models for STEM learning use picture books and an engineering design challenge to provide students with authentic, contextual activities that engage learners in specific STEM content as well as integrate concepts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. PictureSTEM units will focus on standards-based engineering, mathematics, and science content, which is different than other curricula currently available. They are research based curricula as described above. These modules have the potential to transform the way literacy and STEM are taught at the elementary level by attending to the learning goals of all areas, therefore, providing a potential framework for the development of an entire elementary curricula in the future.