Take the Plunge: A STEM Camp Centered on Seafloor Science

Autor: C. Geoffrey Wheat, Trevor Fournier, Karen Monahan, Claudia Paul
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Current: The Journal of Marine Education, Vol 31, Iss 2, Pp 2-8 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2632-850X
DOI: 10.5334/cjme.1
Popis: While most of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) efforts center on classroom programs, many lack hands-on activities that allow students to experience phenomenon-based learning and produce a complex scientific project. To meet this need, we developed weeklong STEM summer day camps for two age groups: rising third to fifth and sixth to ninth graders. Campers learn about seafloor exploration through multiple hands-on, technologyrooted, team-based activities. At the end of the week, campers design and present research missions for an actual seafloor feature, incorporating hypotheses, methods, and operations.
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