Full Description
Success with STEM is an essential resource, packed with advice and ideas to support and enthuse all those involved in the planning and delivery of STEM in the secondary school. It offers guidance on current issues and priority areas to help you make informed judgements about your own practice and argue for further support for your subject in school. It explains current initiatives to enhance STEM teaching and offers a wide range of practical activities to support exciting teaching and learning in and beyond the classroom.
Illustrated with examples of successful projects in real schools, this friendly, inspiring book explores:
Innovative teaching ideas to make lessons buzz
Activities for successful practical work
Sourcing additional funding
Finding and making the most of the best resources
STEM outside the classroom
Setting-up and enhancing your own STEM club
Getting involved in STEM competitions, fairs and festivals
Promoting STEM careers and tackling stereotypes
Health, safety and legal issues
Examples of international projects
An wide-ranging list of project and activity titles
Enriched by the authors' extensive experience and work with schools, Success with STEM is a rich compendium for all those who want to develop outstanding lessons and infuse a life-long interest in STEM learning in their students. The advice and guidance will be invaluable for all teachers, subject leaders, trainee teachers and NQTs.
Contents
The Impact of the STEM Agenda in School
Enhancement and Enrichment in STEM: Making lessons buzz
STEM Outside the Classroom and Beyond the School Gate
Starting and Running a Successful STEM Club
Extending and Enhancing STEM Clubs: Making clubs sustainable
Encouraging STEM Careers
Health, Safety and Legal Issues: What you can and can't do
Obtaining and Making the Most of Funding
Resources: Where to find and how make the most of them
Going further: Ideas from beyond the UK
Ideas Bank: Projects and activities for all ages
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