TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EDUCATION

WHAT ARE WE TEACHING?

“I skate to where the puck is going, not to where its been”

• Preparing students for the future• College and Career Ready• Creating valuable world citizens to solve

tomorrows problems• EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES• Impact the future

FARM FACTORY IDEAS!

Knowledge

Plan

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FROM THE FUTURE

Viewing tomorrow’s issues Through the lens of yesterday

FOSTERING INQUIRY AND INNOVATION

Science

Technology

Engineering

Mathematics

STEM

Education for the Future

Formal Knowledge

Domains of Knowledge• Impact the future and transform communities

Sciences

Technologies

Humanities

Technology & Engineering

• Boosts the economy• Generates Jobs• Turns ideas into enterprises• Sustains competitiveness• Creates wealth• Promotes Prosperity• FUTUNATELY WE ARE IN MARYLAND

Higher Thinking

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Impact the future and transform communities

Info BIO

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INFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION INTEGRATION

Scientific Method

State the questionDevelop hypothesis

Create an experimentConduct the experiment

ObserveGather Data

Draw inferencesBuild theory

Replicate Research

Engineering Design Process

Identify a problemGather ideas and

researchDesign

EngineerInvent/ innovate

TestRefine

Communicate solutions

How Do we Teach this Effectively?

• 5/6 E Lesson Plans• Team Development• Student ownership• Excited to Learn• Keeping it real• Where the Crazies live

1. Engagement

2. Exploration3. Explanation4. Extension5. Evaluation6. Enrichment

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