http://www.middleweb.com/6288/6-stem-challenges-for-middle-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-stem-challenges-for-middle-school All About the Middle Grades Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.middleweb.com/6288/6-stem-challenges-for-middle-school/#comment-1444 Anne Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:18:03 +0000 http://www.middleweb.com/?p=6288#comment-1444 Thanks, Ernie! If we can train up a generation of kids who have the cognitive approaches needed to tackle these challenges, our world will be in good shape, indeed. Got to stop teaching only facts in science and focus on helping kids learn to reason and analyze. Got to stop teaching only arithmetic put the primary focus on mathematical reasoning. We need to teach students to use technological tools responsibly and innovatively. And then, when we need to engineer the future, our students are equipped to do that.

]]> http://www.middleweb.com/6288/6-stem-challenges-for-middle-school/#comment-1428 Ernie Rambo Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:03:39 +0000 http://www.middleweb.com/?p=6288#comment-1428 Thanks for the information, Anne! When I discuss the work of engineers with my middle school students, it’s not easy to help them truly understand the diversity or problems that engineers work on. When I share these challenges with my students, I think that they’ll start to get the picture!

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