The Arkansas Department of Education teamed up with Teacher Created Materials to design rigorous teaching sessions to address the seven STEM individual foundations at the elementary, middle, and high school level. ADE and TCM partnered with AETN to

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The Arkansas Department of Education teamed up
with Teacher Created Materials to design rigorous
teaching sessions to address the seven STEM
individual foundations at the elementary, middle,
and high school level. ADE and TCM partnered
with AETN to create 7 unique video strategies to
demonstrate each individual foundation. These
sessions demonstrated in Arkansas classrooms
with Arkansas students, are all archived on the
new STEM website created by AETN. The website
contains video footage and lesson resources -
everything needed to recreate the lessons in your
classrooms. This presentation will demonstrate
how to use the website to promote STEM learning
and professional growth at your school.
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7 Foundations
Foundation 1 Academic Language
Proficiency Foundation 2 Critical and Close
Reading of Nonfiction Text Foundation 3 Writing
Across the Content Areas Foundation 4
Problem-Solving and the Mathematical
Practices Foundation 5 Historical Thinking and
Document Analysis Skills Foundation 6 Use of
Technology for Project-Based/Problem-Based
Learning Foundation 7 Science Content Knowledge
and Inquiry Skills
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Foundation 1 Academic Language Proficiency

• This foundation provides STEM educators with the
  tools they need to build students' vocabulary
  skills. It provides teachers with research-based
  instructional strategies to design lessons,
  learning experiences, and assessments. Materials
  for student-use focus on word attack skills (base
  words/roots, prefixes and suffixes) and vary by
  grade level.

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Foundation 2 Critical and Close Reading of
Nonfiction Text

• Foundation 2 investigates nonfiction readings
  from all content areas. It utilizes a variety of
  rich texts as defined by the Common Core State
  Standards. STEM educators are given close
  reading strategies, graphic organizers and
  digital resources to use in their classes.
  Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of
  all student learners is covered as well.

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Foundation 3 Writing Across the Content Areas

• This lesson provides educators with a
  supplementary writing program that targets
  writing across the curriculum (social sciences,
  science, mathematics and literature). It
  addresses genre-specific writing including
  nonfiction, expository and informative,
  persuasive and argumentative, fiction, and
  poetry. All resources are organized by student
  skill-level (achieving, struggling, and
  excelling).

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Foundation 4 Problem-Solving and the
Mathematical Practices

• This lesson is an example of multiple
  intervention strategies that promote student
  mastery of mathematical objectives. Other
  components include interactive presentations and
  games, graphing calculators, and ideas for
  project-based learning experiences. Assessment
  resources and rubrics are included and may be
  adjusted to suit the needs of differing
  instructional schedules.

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Foundation 5 Historical Thinking and Document
Analysis Skills

• This lesson includes materials that assist
  students as they learn to analyze and think
  critically about a broad range of historical
  events. It includes a variety of high-interest,
  visually appealing digital resources that meet
  the Common Core State Standards. Additional
  components assist STEM educators in teaching
  research and inquiry skills as well as vocabulary
  and comprehension strategies.

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Foundation 6 Use of Technology for
Project-Based/Problem-Based Learning

• Foundation 6 targets project-based/problem-based
  learning experiences in all content areas and
  environments. The resources contained within
  this foundation support STEM educators as they
  plan group projects and differentiate
  instruction. Foundation 6 also addresses the use
  of popular software, online applications, digital
  photography, and video-editing programs.

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Foundation 7 Science Content Knowledge and
Inquiry Skills Yeah you

• Foundation 7 includes a set of curriculum modules
  that are based on the science inquiry model,
  providing STEM educators with technology-rich,
  hands-on activities and labs they can use with
  their students. Each integrates speaking and
  writing skills and all are heavily-laden with key
  scientific concepts. The modules offer tools and
  strategies for creating an active learning
  environment that enhances effective scientific
  instruction.

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What will I find on the website?

• Each foundation is accompanied by a description
  of the grade levels and lessons included.

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What will I find on the website?

• The first video link is the in-studio
  explanation of the classroom examples followed by
  short clips of footage from Arkansas classrooms
  as examples.

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What will I find on the website?

• Also available are the full classroom lessons
  taught in Arkansas schools with Arkansas
  students.

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What will I find on the website?

• The associated materials contain detailed lesson
  plans, PowerPoint's, and other related resources.
  Everything a classroom teacher would need to
  re-create these lessons in his or her classroom.

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Materials included Detailed Lesson Plans
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A zip file of lesson materials for each grade
level, elementary, middle and high school.
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The materials contained on this site

• Are aligned to the rigor and relevance of the
  CCSS.
• Cover every grade level from K-12.
• Include technology integration.

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To provide for the professional growth of your
staff each foundation will also be available as
professional development in the ArkansasIDEAS
portal.