1. RACHEL HARRINGTON, PHD 2014 SPELL CONFERENCE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY APRIL 4, 2014 Teaching STEM From Your Toy Box

2. Svetlana and Tudor Well, they need to learn how to argue in Russian. Math class is the best way to teach them to argue.

3. Agenda 1. Station 1 (20 mins) 2. Debrief (10 mins) 3. Station 2 (20 mins) 4. Debrief (10 mins) 5. Group Choice Time(20 mins) 6. Closing

4. STEM Stations Station 1 & 2—Gears Station 3—Angry Birds Station 4—Toy Sort About the activities….

5. Reflect Each of these previous represents a different aspect of STEM. Which is which? Is there value in doing the tasks separately (only doing the math task, for example)? What value is added by doing them all together? What ESOL objectives were hidden in this activity?

6. New Station

7. Reflect Each of these previous 4 tasks represents a different aspect of STEM. Which is which? Is there value in doing the tasks separately (only doing the math task, for example)? What value is added by doing them all together? What ESOL objectives were hidden in this activity?

8. Magniformers 1. Explore the Magniformers 2. Design a 4-task activity that works for this tool 3. What ESOL objectives are present in your design? Framework for Analyzing Word Problems 1. Read Framework 2. Look at Example 3. Analyze our Tasks Lesson Planning Guide 1. Read Guide 2. Think About our Lesson 3. Sketch a Lesson Using One Station Toy Sort Activity Choice Time

9. Resources Toys: Gears! Gears! Gears! Wacky Factory in a Bucket Special Edition Angry Birds: Birds in Space Game Magformers Print Resources: Simple Machines: http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html Celedon-Pattichis, S. & Ramirez, N.G. (2012). Beyond Good Teaching: Advancing Mathematics Education for ELLs. NCTM. Reston, VA.

10. Questions? Rachel Harrington harringr@wou.edu