STEM Road Map for High School challenges your twelfth-grade students to explore energy consumption and climate change within their communities, connecting that information globally. This volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series outlines a journey that will steer students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. It addresses the need to infuse real-world learning into K–12 classrooms through an interdisciplinary, three-lesson module.
Key Features
- Project- and problem-based learning approach.
- Focus on creating an action plan for energy consumption and climate change.
- Collaboration with international students to examine local and global issues.
- Encourages data gathering and analysis on energy consumption.
Additional Information
Students will identify modes and trends in energy consumption in their communities and regions, analyse how those patterns impact climate change, and partner with international students to coordinate efforts. These efforts will include synthesizing energy consumption data and discerning connections across contexts, culminating in an international blog. Students will also design and present an action plan, delivering a white paper and an interactive web-based presentation on local and international energy consumption issues.
Specifications
The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. Creating Global Bonds can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers pursuing an integrated STEM approach.
