STEM Road Map for High School challenges your eleventh graders to come up with a design solution for developing, managing, and utilizing mineral resources. With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can guide your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. This interdisciplinary, three-lesson module uses project- and problem-based learning to help students develop an in-depth understanding of mineral resources by researching their utility and impact on society.
Key Features
- Explain how mineral resources are located and used in various ways in society.
- Explain why mineral resources are important to society.
- Critically evaluate quantitative and qualitative data about mineral resources.
- Write an opinion article demonstrating their knowledge about competing design solutions for extracting mineral resources.
Additional Information
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. In-depth and flexible, Mineral Resources can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM approach.
