STEM Road Map: a Framework for Integrated STEM Education

STEM Road Map: A Framework for Integrated STEM Education is the first resource to offer an integrated STEM curricula encompassing the entire K-12 spectrum, with complete grade-level learning based on a spiraled approach to building conceptual understanding. A team of over thirty STEM education professionals from across the U.S. collaborated on the important work of mapping out the Common Core standards in mathematics and English/language arts, the Next Generation Science Standards performance expectations, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning into a coordinated, integrated, STEM education curriculum map. The book is structured in three main parts-Conceptualizing STEM, STEM Curriculum Maps, and Building Capacity for STEM-designed to build common understandings of integrated STEM, provide rich curriculum maps for implementing integrated STEM at the classroom level, and supports to enable systemic transformation to an integrated STEM approach. The STEM Road Map places the power into educators' hands to implement integrated STEM learning within their classrooms without the need for extensive resources, making it a reality for all students.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Conceptualizing STEM -- 1 The Need for a STEM Road Map -- 2 The Emergence of STEM -- 3 Integrated STEM Education -- PART II STEM Curriculum Maps -- 4 The STEM Road Map for Grades K-2 -- 5 The STEM Road Map for Grades 3-5 -- 6 The STEM Road Map for Grades 6-8 -- 7 The STEM Road Map for Grades 9-12 -- PART III Building Capacity for STEM -- 8 Data-Driven STEM Assessment -- 9 Sociotransformative STEM Education -- 10 Effective STEM Professional Development -- 11 Effective Program Characteristics, Start-up, and Advocacy for STEM -- Appendix A Sample STEM Module One: Grade 7 -- Appendix B Sample STEM Module Two: Grade K -- Appendix C Sample STEM Road Map Module Curriculum Planning Template -- About the Contributors -- Index.