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Using Argument Based Inquiry Strategies For STEM Infused Science Teaching

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The article that I chose to use from Science and Children magazine is all about STEM; infused in science teaching. The title of the article is: Methods and strategies: Using Argument Based Inquiry Strategies for STEM Infused Science Teaching. It is important to incorporate STEM into the classroom, and allow all children to experiment, discover, and apply STEM to become better learners. The following paragraphs will talk about what the article was about, and how I could apply it into my classroom/ future classroom. The article talks about how most teachers feel ill-equipped to teach STEM in the classroom. However, the article mentions that it is essential to have children learn about STEM activities and programs, at a younger age. According …show more content…

For example, there are STEM kits that relate to the recent hurricanes, flooding, and storms that arose in areas around the world. The article gave an example of what a child said dealing with that topic. “While pre-service teachers were having discussions with third graders about possible flood solutions a young student proposed using “large bags of tice to keep water out of their homes.” When asked why she answered that in her social studies class, she learned that rice, native to her area, was heroically used to keep water out of houses” (Carroll and Scott. 2017. P. 37). Another student offered rice to test the idea. This shows that one, students are naturally interested in STEM, and experimentation. Secondly it shows that educators can make STEM projects/ kits out of any topic and allow students to practice, and experiment to learn. There is also a chart within the article that helps exemplify STEM in the classrooms. Finally, the article talks about STEM being applied in math, engineering, and other science like fields. The authors are saying to apply STEM almost across the curriculum, and how essential it is in the classroom. Personally this article convinced me that it is possible to apply STEM into the early childhood curriculum. I now want to encourage other educators to incorporate it into their lessons. I now think that STEM like activities and kits are not as scary and complicated as I thought. I think a lot of people think that STEM is scary and to advanced for early childhood students. Do to this article I no longer believe that to be true. There are several ways in which I would apply STEM into the classroom of young

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