STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. The new Next Generation Science standards incorporate all of theses domains into them. Although we have yet to fully implement them, we have been slowing phasing them in. Today we did an engineering challenge that also focused on team building. It was amazing to watch the kids work together to build a paper cup pyramid, and we had some really great conversations afterwards. Some things the kids shared out were:
-we need to be aware of people's feelings (how awesome is that!)
-we accomplished more when we worked together
-I learned that I need to work on listening to others better and not take over.