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STEM Teacher Outreach Programs

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Interdisciplinary STEM Education Initiative at Wichita State University offers STEM professional learning opportunities for K - 12 teachers. A School district or schools are welcomed to request programs listed below for an in-service or a professional development program. To request the professional programs, please fill out the online request form.

1. 5E Inquiry-Based STEM Instruction (2 hours):

  • iSTEM practices: Dancing Balloons & Circles

  • ABC: Activity Before Content

  • CBV: Content Before Vocabulary

  • iSTEM instructional model: 5E + Engineering practices

  • Scientific Argumentation

2. STEM challenges and practices for your students (3 hours):

  • iSTEM practices: Windmill, Lemon batteries, or Airplane

  • Project-Based Learning for STEM

  • Real-life STEM challenges

  • Key procedures for STEM PBL

3. Online STEM interactive simulations (2 hours):

4. Basic Robotics as STEM challenges in your classroom (4 hours):

5. iPad and mobile apps for STEM teaching and learning (2 hours):

6. Trending Educational Technologies for STEM teaching (1 hour):

7. STEM lessons aligned with NGSS (2 hours):

8. Questioning strategies for inquiry-based STEM instruction (1 hour):

9. Scaffolding strategies for inquiry-based STEM learning (1 hour):