SPIRIT Project Partnerships Brainstorming

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SPIRIT ProjectPartnerships Brainstorming
School District STEM Coursework And Innovation
PKI/UNO SPIRIT Engineering And Robotics
Looking for Collaborative Opportunities
New STEM Learning
Schools
SPIRIT
We dont have the answers, but we hope to find
them together
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The Power of STEM Connections

• The National Research Council suggests
  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  learned better when connected

• National Research Council. (1999). How people
  learn. Washington, DC National Academy Press.
• National Research Council. (2004). Engaging
  schools Fostering high school students'
  motivation to learn. Washington, DC National
  Academy Press.
• National Research Council (2005). How students
  learn Science in the classroom. Washington, DC
  National Academy Press.

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A Little About Us
PKIs Computer Electronics and Engineering UNOs
College of Education OPS Mathematics and Science

• SPIRIT (NSF ITEST)
• Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT
• Teacher Training (Robotics)
• Teachers Develop Lesson Ideas
• SPIRIT 2.0 (NSF Discovery K12)
• Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in IT 2.0
• New Robotics Innovations
• National Robotics CyberCurriculum

http//www.ceen. unomaha.edu/TekBots/
http//www.ceen.unomaha.edu/TekBots/Shared/jumbotr
on07/index.html
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Activity Torrence Test Creative Thinking
What can you teach with a brick?
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What Could You Teach With a Robot?
1 Robo Math
5 Robo Electric
2 Robo Physics
4 Robo Chem
3 Robotics
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Collaborations?
Some of our NSF-related needs

1. Data related to impact (pre-post tests)
2. Control group data (pre-post tests)
3. Teachers to try out lessons with students
4. Teachers to help write curriculum
5. Teachers to help write assessments
6. Other ideas?