Project-based learning in a STEAM school leads to student success and interest in real-world applications of learning.
Charles Drew Charter School offers a comprehensive curriculum including science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Students express their enthusiasm for various subjects such as science, technology, dance, and orchestra.
🔑 STEAM fields offer career opportunities, and project-based learning prepares students for success in these fields.
💡 Project-based learning involves collaboration, problem-solving, and creating products with lasting impacts.
🏫 Teachers collaborate to design project-based learning units that integrate multiple subjects and connect to real-world relevance.
🔎 The video discusses the importance of driving questions in project-based learning.
🏫 The example given is a project about preparing for Atlanta's changing weather.
❄️🔥 The project focuses on the role of heat in coping with extreme cold weather.
📚 STEAM education involves students designing solutions to real-world problems.
👩🏫 Teachers guide students, but they have a significant role in designing problem-solving products.
🔬 Students engage in mini projects to explore concepts like insulation and heat conduction.
🔥 Heat energy can be transferred in three ways: conduction, radiation, and convection.
🌞 The heat from the sun can transfer energy to the air inside a bag, causing it to rise.
🔬 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education encourages collaboration and problem-solving skills.
🔍 STEAM and project-based learning provide real solutions to everyday problems.
🗂️ Driving questions help guide the problem-solving process in project-based learning.