STEAM Education for Middle Schoolers
STEAM Education is an approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. Beginning in middle school, students explore these concepts through hands-on experiences that encourage creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, and innovation. These early experiences help students discover interests and develop skills that extend into real-world applications and connect to the career-focused learning opportunities offered through the district's high school Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways.
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STEAM Exploration
The STEAM Exploration course provides a variety of engineering and technology activities for middle school students that introduce them to design thinking through hands-on activities and projects. Students work both independently and with peers in challenges that require collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. Projects introduce a variety of skills, including technology, to solve problems. Throughout the course, students will participate in a variety of units, including production of scale models, exploration of simple machines, designing bridges and structures, robotics, coding, digital art, and more.
Advanced STEAM
The Advanced STEAM course provides a variety of engineering and technology activities for middle school students that expand on what they learned in the STEAM Explorations course. Students acquire rigorous and relevant experiences through activity-. project-, and problem-based learning. Students use industry-leading technology to solve problems while gaining skills in communication. collaboration. critical thinking, and creativity. Throughout the course, students will participate in a variety of units, including engineering, pneumatics and hydraulics, robotics, digital arts, and drones.
