The Mag-Net STEAM Workshop at
CONASTA66
- John WidmerThe Mag-Net STEAM Workshop at
CONASTA66
- John WidmerH17: A 21st century Mona Lisa your Science classroom? Why NOT? 10 embedded STEaM paradigms for science
What insights do the Arts give us? Think about Pasteur
Mag-Net believes in deliberately mixing a diverse variety of constructive
experiences. Participants will see a collection of ideas and ways to run
activities for a STEAM club, brought to you by the group that presented “How to
blow up the science lab”, "Make ice-cream in class!” at CONASTA 62, 63 and 64.
The Mag-Net
Online Association is a free networking environment for STEM teachers.
Where can you find other STEAM activities? Youtube and Google. Where can you try them? Mostly at lunchtime .. But they are insidiously surfacing within the conventional curriculum. You might like to create the essential links between science, technology and art that Australian science teachers must further develop as part of your science classroom environment.
10 Classroom Paradigms! -- or 10 Different ways a teacher might think about "creating"!
Want to get started .. try doing the "Evil Teddy"
Or you just want the science?
What is a PCDuino? What is Raspberry Pi? How does STEAM get its oomph!
Hey! You are not "tablu rasa" .. what powers your STEAM learning? Yes you .. the workshop participant!
Visualizing CODE .. how do we control interaction .. Block programming with CODE.ORG and Scratch
Why ALDI is my favourite store!
Yes .. Mona Lisa .. the workshop patron! Why does she keep looking at me?
Duchamp, Magritte, Seurat and Mandelbrots ... is it art or maths? Making one is certainly STEAMing.
Engineering .. who can forget the Darlington???
What number is that .. the mystery of the TV Remote controller!
Lastly .. is music art?